MEANING
Decide that something is not permitted or will not be accepted.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- disallow a claim
- disallow an expense
On the page
The panel disallowed the expense because no receipt was provided.
Nearby words
Opposite meanings
Word forms
- Base
- disallow
- Past tense
- disallowed
- Past participle
- disallowed
- Present participle
- disallowing
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- disallow
- Present continuous
- am/is/are disallowing
- Present perfect
- have/has disallowed
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been disallowing
- Past
- disallowed
- Past continuous
- was/were disallowing
- Past perfect
- had disallowed
- Past perfect continuous
- had been disallowing
- Future
- will disallow
- Future continuous
- will be disallowing
- Future perfect
- will have disallowed
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been disallowing
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: disallow; disallows; disallowed; disallowed; disallowing Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: analysis, explanation, evaluation. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: disallows.
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