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- pronunciation:
- dIs
laU
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
disallows, disallowing, disallowed |
| definition 1: |
to refuse to allow or admit; reject.
The referee disallowed the final goal.- antonyms:
- allow
- similar words:
- deny, disapprove, negative, overrule, prohibit, reject
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| definition 2: |
to deny the truth or validity of.
- antonyms:
- admit, allow, concede
- similar words:
- contradict, deny, negate
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| related words: |
discredit, except, exclude, outlaw, proscribe, refuse, veto |
adverb + (v.)disallow
abroad, almost, either, eventually, however, later, most, once, specifically, thereby, therefore, thus, yet
(v.)disallow
+ noun
absentee,
access,
advertising,
amendment,
approach,
auditor,
ballot,
box,
car,
claim,
class,
cleanup,
community,
comptroller,
cost,
court,
creation,
creativity,
credit,
decision,
deduction,
defense,
drug,
effort,
election,
employer,
energy,
evidence,
expense,
feature,
game,
goal,
government,
history,
industry,
inference,
interpretation,
investment,
invocation,
judge,
jury,
labor,
law,
loss,
movement,
office,
order,
organization,
others,
percent,
possibility,
practice,
procedure,
proposal,
prosecution,
protection,
rate,
reason,
record,
referee,
request,
residue,
revenue,
rule,
sale,
school,
service,
shelter,
sign,
state,
student,
study,
system,
tax,
teacher,
testimony,
transfer,
truth,
use,
will,
write-off
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| derivations: |
disallowable (adj.), disallowance (n.) |
The word disallow
contains the following part:
dis-
Latin
prefix
that means not; apart; reverse, negate
  More about this word part:
The prefix dis-
occurs in English attached to Latin roots, as in dissent
, but also forms words in English by attaching to verbs ( dishearten
) and nouns ( disbelief
). dis-
has two other forms, as the "s" sound in dis-
assimilates to the initial sound of the base to which it is attached. See the assimilated forms dif- and di-3.
Example words:
disable, disadvantage, disaffect, disagree, disagreeable, disallow, disappear, disappearance, disappoint, disapproval, disapprove, disarm, disarray, disbelief, discard, discolor, discomfort, disconnect, discord, discourteous, disdain, disengage, disgrace, disgust, dishearten, dishonest, disingenuous, disintegrate, disjoin, dislike, dislodge, dismantle, dismissal, disobey, disorder, disorient, disown, disparity, dispense, displace, display, displease, displeasure, disposable, disposal, disprove, disqualify, disregard, disrupt, dissatisfy, dissect, dissent, dissolution, dissolve, dissonant, dissuade, distort, distrust, disturb
- synonyms:
- de-, un-
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