disallow

C2+ Topic:Actions & Processes

US /ˌdɪsəˈlaʊ/ UK /ˌdɪsəˈlaʊ/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

verb
to refuse to allow or accept as valid

The referee disallowed the goal for offside.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 verb · to refuse to allow or... prohibit forbid reject refuse ban veto proscribe

Opposites

allow permit authorize sanction approve

Word family

Derived forms disallowancedisallowed

Related forms allow disallowance

Etymology

From Old French desalouer ('to blame, disapprove'), from des- (Latin dis-, 'not') plus alouer ('to approve, allow'), ultimately from Latin allaudare ('to praise') and/or allocare ('to allot').

desalouer Old French allaudare Latin laudare Latin

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# disallow

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /ˌdɪsəˈlaʊ/
**IPA (UK):** /ˌdɪsəˈlaʊ/

## Meanings
1. to refuse to allow or accept as valid

## Examples
- The referee disallowed the goal for offside.

## Synonyms
- prohibit
- forbid
- reject
- refuse
- ban
- veto
- proscribe

## Antonyms
- allow
- permit
- authorize
- sanction
- approve

## Derived Forms
- disallowance
- disallowed

## Related Forms
- allow
- disallowance

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: desalouer
- Root: allaudare
- Root: laudare

## Etymology
From Old French desalouer ('to blame, disapprove'), from des- (Latin dis-, 'not') plus alouer ('to approve, allow'), ultimately from Latin allaudare ('to praise') and/or allocare ('to allot').

## AI Etymology
Disallow is from Old French desalouer ('to blame, disapprove'), from des- (Latin dis-, 'not') plus alouer ('to approve, allow'), ultimately from Latin allaudare ('to praise') and/or allocare ('to allot'). Important recorded forms include desalouer (Old French), allaudare (Latin), and laudare (Latin). The current sense covers to refuse to allow or accept as valid. The wider family includes derived forms such as disallowance and disallowed and related words such as allow and disallowance.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes

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