Oxford Basic American Dictionary

( al . leg es , al . leg ing , al . leged )

to say that someone has done something wrong when you do not have proof that this is true

She alleged that he had stolen money from her hotel room.

al • ler • gic / s 'lsrd₃ik / adjective

( health ) having an allergy

He's allergic to peanuts.

al • ler • gy / ' relsrd₃i / noun [count]

( plural al . ler .gies )

( health ) a medical condition that makes you sick when you eat, touch, or breathe something that does not normally make other people sick She has an allergy to cats.

al • ley / ' reli / ( also al . ley / ' reliwei / ) [count]

a narrow path between buildings

al • li • ance / s 'laisns / noun [ count ]

( politics ) an agreement between countries or groups of people to work together and help each other

al • li • ga • tor / ' relsgeitsr / noun [ count ]

a big animal with a long body, a big mouth, and sharp teeth that lives in the lakes and rivers of the southern U.S.

—Look at the picture at crocodile .

al • lo • cate AWL / ' relskeit / verb

(al . lo . cates, al . lo . cat . ing , al . lo . cat . ed )

to decide to use something for a particular purpose

The government allocated more of its resources to

education.

► al • lo • ca • tion AWL| / |®b 'keijn / noun

[ count, noncount ]

the allocation of funds for research

a I .low О / э'1аи / verb ( al lows , al . low . ing , al . lowed )

to say that someone can have or do something My parents allow me to stay out late on weekends. Smoking is not allowed in theaters. You're not allowed to park your car here. Which word? Allow or let?

Allow is used in both formal and informal English. Let is very common in spoken English. You allow someone to do something, but you let someone do something (without "to"): Jenny was allowed to stay up late last night. ♦ Her parents let her stay up late.

You cannot use let in the passive. You must use allow and to : They let him take the test again. ♦ He was allowed to take the test again.

al • low • ance / s ' lausns / noun [ count ]

an amount of money that you receive regularly to help you pay for something that you need

Her parents give her an allowance of ten dollars a week. all right Ф / ol 'l-ait / adjective, adverb, exclamation

good, or good enough Is everything all right?

well; not hurt

I was sick, but I'm all right now.

used to say "yes, I agree" when someone asks you to do something

"Can you get me a glass of water?" "All right." al • ly / ' relai / noun [ count ] ( plural al . lies ) ( politics ) a person or country that agrees to help another person or country, for example in a war

al • mond / ' amsnd / noun [ count ]

a flat, pale nut that you can eat —Look at the picture at nut .

al .most О / olmoust / adverb

nearly; not exactly or completely It's almost three o'clock. I almost fell into the river!

a .lone О / s loun / adjective, adverb

1 without any other person

don't like being alone in the house. My grandmother lives alone.

—SYNONYM on your own , by yourself

only

You alone can help me. Which word? Alone or lonely?

Alone means that you are not with other people: She lived alone in an apartment downtown.

Lonely means that you are unhappy because you are not with other people: He felt lonely at the new school without his old friends.

a .lone Ф / э 'loun / adjective, adverb

1 without any other person