"afford" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /əˈfoɹd/ [General-American], [əˈfo̞ɹd] [General-American], /əˈfɔːd/ [Received-Pronunciation], /əˈfo(ː)ɹd/ (note: rhotic), /əˈfoəd/ (note: non-rhotic) Audio: en-us-afford.ogg [US] Forms: affords [present, singular, third-person], affording [participle, present], afforded [participle, past], afforded [past]
enPR: ə-fōrdʹ (note: non-rhotic) Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)d Etymology: From Middle English afforthen, aforthen, avorthien, from earlier iforthen, iforthien, ȝeforthien, from Old English forþian, ġeforþian (“to further, accomplish, afford”), from Proto-Germanic *furþōną, from Proto-Germanic *furþą (“forth, forward”), equivalent to a- + forth. Cognate with Old Norse forða (“to forward oneself, save oneself, escape danger”), Icelandic forða (“to save, rescue”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|afforthen}} Middle English afforthen, {{m|enm|aforthen}} aforthen, {{m|enm|avorthien}} avorthien, {{m|enm|iforthen}} iforthen, {{m|enm|iforthien}} iforthien, {{m|enm|ȝeforthien}} ȝeforthien, {{inh|en|ang|forþian}} Old English forþian, {{m|ang|ġeforþian|t=to further, accomplish, afford}} ġeforþian (“to further, accomplish, afford”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*furþōną}} Proto-Germanic *furþōną, {{der|en|gem-pro|*furþą|*furþą|t=forth, forward}} Proto-Germanic *furþą (“forth, forward”), {{pre|en|a|forth}} a- + forth, {{cog|non|forða|t=to forward oneself, save oneself, escape danger}} Old Norse forða (“to forward oneself, save oneself, escape danger”), {{cog|is|forða|t=to save, rescue}} Icelandic forða (“to save, rescue”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} afford (third-person singular simple present affords, present participle affording, simple past and past participle afforded)
  1. To incur, stand, or bear without serious detriment, as an act which might under other circumstances be injurious; (usually after an expression of ability, as could, able, difficult) to be able or rich enough. Translations (to incur, stand, or bear): أَعْطَى (ʔaʕṭā) (Arabic), дазваля́ць сабе́ (dazvaljácʹ sabjé) [imperfective] (Belarusian), дазво́ліць сабе́ (dazvólicʹ sabjé) [perfective] (Belarusian), позволя́вам си (pozvoljávam si) [imperfective] (Bulgarian), и́мам сре́дства да ку́пя (ímam srédstva da kúpja) (Bulgarian), permetre's (Catalan), 支付得起 (zhīfùdeqǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), 付得起 (fùdeqǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), dovolovat si [imperfective] (Czech), dovolit si [perfective] (Czech), ha råd til (Danish), zich veroorloven (Dutch), olla varaa (Finnish), se permettre (French), sich leisten (German), imstande sein (German), módjában áll (Hungarian), megengedheti magának (Hungarian), permettersi (Italian), 余裕がある (yoyū ga aru) (alt: 買う, 持つ) (Japanese), ゆとりがある (yutori ga aru) (alt: 買う, 持つ) (Japanese), 여유가 있다 (yeoyu-ga itda) (Korean), atļauties (Latvian), tåle (Norwegian Bokmål), ha råd til (Norwegian Bokmål), pozwalać sobie [imperfective] (Polish), pozwolić sobie [perfective] (Polish), conseguir pagar (Portuguese), lidar (Portuguese), позволя́ть себе́ (pozvoljátʹ sebé) [imperfective] (Russian), позво́лить себе́ (pozvólitʹ sebé) [perfective] (Russian), быть в состоя́нии (bytʹ v sostojánii) (Russian), affuird (Scots), приу̀штити [Cyrillic, perfective] (Serbo-Croatian), priùštiti [Roman, perfective] (Serbo-Croatian), dovoľovať si [imperfective] (Slovak), dovoliť si [perfective] (Slovak), dopriavať si [imperfective] (Slovak), dopriať si [perfective] (Slovak), si privoščiti [imperfective] (Slovene), costear (Spanish), permitirse (Spanish), ha råd (Swedish), дозволя́ти собі́ (dozvoljáty sobí) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), бу́ти спромо́жним (búty spromóžnym) (Ukrainian), sej dowolować [imperfective] (Upper Sorbian), sej dowolić [perfective] (Upper Sorbian), sej popřewać [imperfective] (Upper Sorbian), sej popřeć [perfective] (Upper Sorbian), fforddio (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-afford-en-verb-qB8JPr40 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with a- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 22 14 29 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 30 28 21 21 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with a-: 29 18 33 21 Disambiguation of 'to incur, stand, or bear': 80 6 10 4
  2. (obsolete) To offer, provide, or supply, as in selling, granting or expending, with profit, or without too great a loss. Tags: obsolete Translations (to offer, provide, or supply): أَعْطَى (ʔaʕṭā) (Arabic), да́вам (dávam) [imperfective] (Bulgarian), доста́вям (dostávjam) [imperfective] (Bulgarian), прина́сям (alt: по́лза) [imperfective] (Bulgarian), 提供 (tígōng) (Chinese Mandarin), skaffe (Danish), tilbyde (Danish), tarjota (Finnish), offrir (French), gewähren (German), 供給する (teikyū suru) (alt: ていきょうする) (Japanese), 与える (ataeru) (alt: あたえる) (Japanese), skaffe (Norwegian Bokmål), prover (Portuguese), agraciar (Portuguese), предоставля́ть (predostavljátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), предоста́вить (predostávitʹ) [perfective] (Russian), надава́ти (nadaváty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), нада́ти (nadáty) [perfective] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-afford-en-verb-Xh7IXKxw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with a- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 22 14 29 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 30 28 21 21 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with a-: 29 18 33 21 Disambiguation of 'to offer, provide, or supply': 3 57 23 18
  3. (rare) To give forth; to supply, yield, or produce as the natural result, fruit, or issue. Tags: rare Translations (to give forth; to produce as a natural result): tarjota (Finnish), tuottaa (Finnish), antaa (Finnish), suoda (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-afford-en-verb-B8J6om1N Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with a- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 22 14 29 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 30 28 21 21 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with a-: 29 18 33 21 Disambiguation of 'to give forth; to produce as a natural result': 3 6 79 12
  4. To give, grant, or confer, with a remoter reference to its being the natural result; to provide; to furnish. Translations (to provide; furnish): give (Danish), skænke (Danish), tarjota (Finnish), suoda (Finnish), fornecer (Portuguese), ge (Swedish), skänka (Swedish), bereda (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-afford-en-verb-YUKayRzs Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with a- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 22 14 29 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 30 28 21 21 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with a-: 29 18 33 21 Disambiguation of 'to provide; furnish': 2 20 7 71
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: afoord, affoord, affoard, affowrd [obsolete] Derived forms: affordability, affordable, affordance, afforder, affordment, offer affordances, unafforded

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          "text": "I think we can afford the extra hour it will take.  We can only afford to buy a small car at the moment.",
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          "ref": "1981, Wizardry: A Game of Fantasy and Adventure [user manual], Ryan Press, page 19",
          "text": "If a party member can afford the fee, then the syncophants will go to work.",
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          "ref": "2021 November 20, “Answered prayers; Catholic schools are seeing increases in enrolment for the first time in years”, in The Economist, London, page 39",
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          "sense": "to incur, stand, or bear",
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          "sense": "to incur, stand, or bear",
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          "sense": "to incur, stand, or bear",
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          "roman": "zhīfùdeqǐ",
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          "word": "支付得起"
        },
        {
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          "roman": "fùdeqǐ",
          "sense": "to incur, stand, or bear",
          "word": "付得起"
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to incur, stand, or bear",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "dovolovat si"
        },
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to incur, stand, or bear",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "dovolit si"
        },
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          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "to incur, stand, or bear",
          "word": "ha råd til"
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to incur, stand, or bear",
          "word": "zich veroorloven"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 6 10 4",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to incur, stand, or bear",
          "word": "olla varaa"
        },
        {
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to incur, stand, or bear",
          "word": "se permettre"
        },
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to incur, stand, or bear",
          "word": "sich leisten"
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to incur, stand, or bear",
          "word": "imstande sein"
        },
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to incur, stand, or bear",
          "word": "módjában áll"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 6 10 4",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to incur, stand, or bear",
          "word": "megengedheti magának"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 6 10 4",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to incur, stand, or bear",
          "word": "permettersi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 6 10 4",
          "alt": "買う, 持つ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "yoyū ga aru",
          "sense": "to incur, stand, or bear",
          "word": "余裕がある"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 6 10 4",
          "alt": "買う, 持つ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "yutori ga aru",
          "sense": "to incur, stand, or bear",
          "word": "ゆとりがある"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 6 10 4",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "yeoyu-ga itda",
          "sense": "to incur, stand, or bear",
          "word": "여유가 있다"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 6 10 4",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "to incur, stand, or bear",
          "word": "atļauties"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 6 10 4",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "to incur, stand, or bear",
          "word": "tåle"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 6 10 4",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "to incur, stand, or bear",
          "word": "ha råd til"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 6 10 4",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to incur, stand, or bear",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "pozwalać sobie"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 6 10 4",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to incur, stand, or bear",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "pozwolić sobie"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 6 10 4",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to incur, stand, or bear",
          "word": "conseguir pagar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 6 10 4",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to incur, stand, or bear",
          "word": "lidar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 6 10 4",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "pozvoljátʹ sebé",
          "sense": "to incur, stand, or bear",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "позволя́ть себе́"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 6 10 4",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "pozvólitʹ sebé",
          "sense": "to incur, stand, or bear",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "позво́лить себе́"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 6 10 4",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "bytʹ v sostojánii",
          "sense": "to incur, stand, or bear",
          "word": "быть в состоя́нии"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 6 10 4",
          "code": "sco",
          "lang": "Scots",
          "sense": "to incur, stand, or bear",
          "word": "affuird"
        },
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          "_dis1": "80 6 10 4",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to incur, stand, or bear",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "приу̀штити"
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          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to incur, stand, or bear",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "priùštiti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 6 10 4",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "to incur, stand, or bear",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "dovoľovať si"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 6 10 4",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "to incur, stand, or bear",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "dovoliť si"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 6 10 4",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "to incur, stand, or bear",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "dopriavať si"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 6 10 4",
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          "_dis1": "80 6 10 4",
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          "word": "tilbyde"
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          "_dis1": "3 57 23 18",
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          "_dis1": "3 57 23 18",
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          "_dis1": "3 57 23 18",
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          "word": "与える"
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          "_dis1": "3 57 23 18",
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          "sense": "to offer, provide, or supply",
          "word": "skaffe"
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          "_dis1": "3 57 23 18",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to offer, provide, or supply",
          "word": "prover"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 57 23 18",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to offer, provide, or supply",
          "word": "agraciar"
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          "_dis1": "3 57 23 18",
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          "word": "предоставля́ть"
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          "sense": "to offer, provide, or supply",
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          "word": "предоста́вить"
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          "_dis1": "3 57 23 18",
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          "roman": "nadaváty",
          "sense": "to offer, provide, or supply",
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          "text": "Grapes afford wine.  Olives afford oil.  The earth affords fruit.  The sea affords an abundant supply of fish.",
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          "ref": "1892, Ella Eaton Kellogg, “Vegetables”, in Science in the Kitchen: A Scientific Treatise on Food Substances and Their Dietetic Properties, Together with a Practical Explanation of the Principles of Healthful Cookery, and a Large Number of Original, Palatable, and Wholesome Recipes, Revised edition, Michigan: Health Publishing Company, page 243",
          "text": "The percentage of nutritive elements contained in the parsnip is very small; so small, indeed, that one pound of parsnips affords hardly one fifth of an ounce of nitrogenous or muscle-forming material.",
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          "text": "A good life affords consolation in old age.",
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          "ref": "1940 May, “The Why and the Wherefore: Running Powers”, in Railway Magazine, page 318",
          "text": "This was done, and in many cases still is done by the main-line railway groups, through the exercise of running powers, which on application to Parliament by the company using them have been granted for the express purpose of affording this access without the necessity for building independent tracks. In other cases, such running powers have been granted without recourse to Parliament, by voluntary agreement between the parties.",
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          "ref": "1960 June, “Motive Power Miscellany: Eastern Region”, in Trains Illustrated, page 376",
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          "ref": "2012 April 29, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Treehouse of Horror III” (season 4, episode 5; originally aired 10/29/1992)”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)",
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          "ref": "2022 November 30, Paul Bigland, “Destination Oban: a Sunday in Scotland”, in RAIL, number 971, page 75",
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          "word": "give"
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          "word": "skænke"
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          "word": "tarjota"
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          "word": "fornecer"
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          "word": "ge"
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          "word": "skänka"
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          "text": "I think we can afford the extra hour it will take.  We can only afford to buy a small car at the moment.",
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          "ref": "1981, Wizardry: A Game of Fantasy and Adventure [user manual], Ryan Press, page 19",
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          "ref": "2021 November 20, “Answered prayers; Catholic schools are seeing increases in enrolment for the first time in years”, in The Economist, London, page 39",
          "text": "Ms Camisa and her husband have had to rejig their finances to afford tuition.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "To incur, stand, or bear without serious detriment, as an act which might under other circumstances be injurious; (usually after an expression of ability, as could, able, difficult) to be able or rich enough."
      ],
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        ],
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          "difficult",
          "difficult#English"
        ]
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    },
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      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Alfred affords his goods cheaper than Bantock.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To offer, provide, or supply, as in selling, granting or expending, with profit, or without too great a loss."
      ],
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          "provide",
          "provide"
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        [
          "supply",
          "supply"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) To offer, provide, or supply, as in selling, granting or expending, with profit, or without too great a loss."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Grapes afford wine.  Olives afford oil.  The earth affords fruit.  The sea affords an abundant supply of fish.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1892, Ella Eaton Kellogg, “Vegetables”, in Science in the Kitchen: A Scientific Treatise on Food Substances and Their Dietetic Properties, Together with a Practical Explanation of the Principles of Healthful Cookery, and a Large Number of Original, Palatable, and Wholesome Recipes, Revised edition, Michigan: Health Publishing Company, page 243",
          "text": "The percentage of nutritive elements contained in the parsnip is very small; so small, indeed, that one pound of parsnips affords hardly one fifth of an ounce of nitrogenous or muscle-forming material.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "To give forth; to supply, yield, or produce as the natural result, fruit, or issue."
      ],
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          "yield",
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        "(rare) To give forth; to supply, yield, or produce as the natural result, fruit, or issue."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ]
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        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "A good life affords consolation in old age.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1940 May, “The Why and the Wherefore: Running Powers”, in Railway Magazine, page 318",
          "text": "This was done, and in many cases still is done by the main-line railway groups, through the exercise of running powers, which on application to Parliament by the company using them have been granted for the express purpose of affording this access without the necessity for building independent tracks. In other cases, such running powers have been granted without recourse to Parliament, by voluntary agreement between the parties.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1960 June, “Motive Power Miscellany: Eastern Region”, in Trains Illustrated, page 376",
          "text": "The 2,800 h.p. Brush \"Falcon\" diesel-electric prototype Co-Co with two Bristol-Siddeley-Maybach high-speed engines will be afforded facilities for service trials on the G.N. main line when it makes its debut - in the autumn of this year, if construction proceeds according to schedule.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012 April 29, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Treehouse of Horror III” (season 4, episode 5; originally aired 10/29/1992)”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)",
          "text": "Writing a “Treehouse of Horror” segment has to be both exhilarating and daunting. It’s exhilarating because it affords writers all the freedom in the world.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2022 November 30, Paul Bigland, “Destination Oban: a Sunday in Scotland”, in RAIL, number 971, page 75",
          "text": "We continue through suburban Newcastle along the edge of the Tyne, before squealing around the tight curves onto the magnificent High Level bridge, which affords glorious views across Newcastle and along the river before arriving at journey's end.",
          "type": "quotation"
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      "glosses": [
        "To give, grant, or confer, with a remoter reference to its being the natural result; to provide; to furnish."
      ],
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      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
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      "ipa": "[əˈfo̞ɹd]",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/əˈfɔːd/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɔː(ɹ)d"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/əˈfo(ː)ɹd/",
      "note": "rhotic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/əˈfoəd/",
      "note": "non-rhotic"
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      "enpr": "ə-fōrdʹ",
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      "word": "afoord"
    },
    {
      "word": "affoord"
    },
    {
      "word": "affoard"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "affowrd"
    }
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʔaʕṭā",
      "sense": "to incur, stand, or bear",
      "word": "أَعْطَى"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "dazvaljácʹ sabjé",
      "sense": "to incur, stand, or bear",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "дазваля́ць сабе́"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "dazvólicʹ sabjé",
      "sense": "to incur, stand, or bear",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "дазво́ліць сабе́"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "pozvoljávam si",
      "sense": "to incur, stand, or bear",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "позволя́вам си"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "ímam srédstva da kúpja",
      "sense": "to incur, stand, or bear",
      "word": "и́мам сре́дства да ку́пя"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to incur, stand, or bear",
      "word": "permetre's"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhīfùdeqǐ",
      "sense": "to incur, stand, or bear",
      "word": "支付得起"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "fùdeqǐ",
      "sense": "to incur, stand, or bear",
      "word": "付得起"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to incur, stand, or bear",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "dovolovat si"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to incur, stand, or bear",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "dovolit si"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to incur, stand, or bear",
      "word": "ha råd til"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to incur, stand, or bear",
      "word": "zich veroorloven"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to incur, stand, or bear",
      "word": "olla varaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to incur, stand, or bear",
      "word": "se permettre"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to incur, stand, or bear",
      "word": "sich leisten"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to incur, stand, or bear",
      "word": "imstande sein"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to incur, stand, or bear",
      "word": "módjában áll"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to incur, stand, or bear",
      "word": "megengedheti magának"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to incur, stand, or bear",
      "word": "permettersi"
    },
    {
      "alt": "買う, 持つ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "yoyū ga aru",
      "sense": "to incur, stand, or bear",
      "word": "余裕がある"
    },
    {
      "alt": "買う, 持つ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "yutori ga aru",
      "sense": "to incur, stand, or bear",
      "word": "ゆとりがある"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "yeoyu-ga itda",
      "sense": "to incur, stand, or bear",
      "word": "여유가 있다"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "to incur, stand, or bear",
      "word": "atļauties"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to incur, stand, or bear",
      "word": "tåle"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to incur, stand, or bear",
      "word": "ha råd til"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to incur, stand, or bear",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "pozwalać sobie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to incur, stand, or bear",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "pozwolić sobie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to incur, stand, or bear",
      "word": "conseguir pagar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to incur, stand, or bear",
      "word": "lidar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pozvoljátʹ sebé",
      "sense": "to incur, stand, or bear",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "позволя́ть себе́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pozvólitʹ sebé",
      "sense": "to incur, stand, or bear",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "позво́лить себе́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bytʹ v sostojánii",
      "sense": "to incur, stand, or bear",
      "word": "быть в состоя́нии"
    },
    {
      "code": "sco",
      "lang": "Scots",
      "sense": "to incur, stand, or bear",
      "word": "affuird"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to incur, stand, or bear",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "приу̀штити"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to incur, stand, or bear",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "priùštiti"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to incur, stand, or bear",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "dovoľovať si"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to incur, stand, or bear",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "dovoliť si"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to incur, stand, or bear",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "dopriavať si"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to incur, stand, or bear",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "dopriať si"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "to incur, stand, or bear",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "si privoščiti"
    },
    {
      "code": "hsb",
      "lang": "Upper Sorbian",
      "sense": "to incur, stand, or bear",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "sej dowolować"
    },
    {
      "code": "hsb",
      "lang": "Upper Sorbian",
      "sense": "to incur, stand, or bear",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "sej dowolić"
    },
    {
      "code": "hsb",
      "lang": "Upper Sorbian",
      "sense": "to incur, stand, or bear",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "sej popřewać"
    },
    {
      "code": "hsb",
      "lang": "Upper Sorbian",
      "sense": "to incur, stand, or bear",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "sej popřeć"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to incur, stand, or bear",
      "word": "costear"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to incur, stand, or bear",
      "word": "permitirse"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to incur, stand, or bear",
      "word": "ha råd"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "dozvoljáty sobí",
      "sense": "to incur, stand, or bear",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "дозволя́ти собі́"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "búty spromóžnym",
      "sense": "to incur, stand, or bear",
      "word": "бу́ти спромо́жним"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "to incur, stand, or bear",
      "word": "fforddio"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʔaʕṭā",
      "sense": "to offer, provide, or supply",
      "word": "أَعْطَى"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "dávam",
      "sense": "to offer, provide, or supply",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "да́вам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "dostávjam",
      "sense": "to offer, provide, or supply",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "доста́вям"
    },
    {
      "alt": "по́лза",
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "sense": "to offer, provide, or supply",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "прина́сям"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "tígōng",
      "sense": "to offer, provide, or supply",
      "word": "提供"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to offer, provide, or supply",
      "word": "skaffe"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to offer, provide, or supply",
      "word": "tilbyde"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to offer, provide, or supply",
      "word": "tarjota"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to offer, provide, or supply",
      "word": "offrir"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to offer, provide, or supply",
      "word": "gewähren"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ていきょうする",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "teikyū suru",
      "sense": "to offer, provide, or supply",
      "word": "供給する"
    },
    {
      "alt": "あたえる",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "ataeru",
      "sense": "to offer, provide, or supply",
      "word": "与える"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to offer, provide, or supply",
      "word": "skaffe"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to offer, provide, or supply",
      "word": "prover"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to offer, provide, or supply",
      "word": "agraciar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "predostavljátʹ",
      "sense": "to offer, provide, or supply",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "предоставля́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "predostávitʹ",
      "sense": "to offer, provide, or supply",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "предоста́вить"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "nadaváty",
      "sense": "to offer, provide, or supply",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "надава́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "nadáty",
      "sense": "to offer, provide, or supply",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "нада́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to give forth; to produce as a natural result",
      "word": "tarjota"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to give forth; to produce as a natural result",
      "word": "tuottaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to give forth; to produce as a natural result",
      "word": "antaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to give forth; to produce as a natural result",
      "word": "suoda"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to provide; furnish",
      "word": "give"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to provide; furnish",
      "word": "give"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to provide; furnish",
      "word": "skænke"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to provide; furnish",
      "word": "tarjota"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to provide; furnish",
      "word": "suoda"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to provide; furnish",
      "word": "fornecer"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to provide; furnish",
      "word": "fornecer"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to provide; furnish",
      "word": "ge"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to provide; furnish",
      "word": "skänka"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to provide; furnish",
      "word": "bereda"
    }
  ],
  "word": "afford"
}

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