English dictionary: words starting with alle

verb

Allege.

noun

A claim or assertion that someone has done something illegal or wrong, typically one made without proof.

Usage examples:

After leaving he made allegations of corruption against the company

noun

A claim or assertion that someone has done something illegal or wrong, typically one made without proof.

Usage examples:

After leaving he made allegations of corruption against the company

noun

A person who alleges something, or who makes an allegation.

verb

Claim or assert that someone has done something illegal or wrong, typically without proof.

Usage examples:

He alleged that he had been assaulted

adjective

Capable of being submitted as evidence, or given as a reason or excuse for something. also: (of an author, text, or passage) capable of being cited or quoted as an authority.

adjective

Said, without proof, to have taken place or to have a specified illegal or undesirable quality.

Usage examples:

The alleged conspirators

verb

Claim or assert that someone has done something illegal or wrong, typically without proof.

Usage examples:

He alleged that he had been assaulted

adverb

Used to convey that something is claimed to be the case or have taken place, although there is no proof.

Usage examples:

He was allegedly a leading participant in the coup attempt

noun

The action or practice of alleging something.

noun

A person who alleges something.

noun

A person who alleges something.

verb

Claim or assert that someone has done something illegal or wrong, typically without proof.

Usage examples:

He alleged that he had been assaulted

adjective

Of, belonging to, or designating the allegheny mountains in the eastern united states; native to or inhabiting this region.

noun

Loyalty or commitment to a superior or to a group or cause.

Usage examples:

Those wishing to receive citizenship must swear allegiance to the republic

noun

Loyalty or commitment to a superior or to a group or cause.

Usage examples:

Those wishing to receive citizenship must swear allegiance to the republic

noun

Allegiance. later also: loyalty; support.

adjective

That owes or gives allegiance (to someone or something); loyal, faithful.

noun

A person who owes or gives allegiance; a loyal follower or adherent (of someone or something).

verb

Claim or assert that someone has done something illegal or wrong, typically without proof.

Usage examples:

He alleged that he had been assaulted

adjective

Constituting or containing allegory.

Usage examples:

An allegorical painting

adverb

In a way that involves using characters or events in a story, play, picture, or other work to represent moral, religious, or political qualities or ideas

Usage examples:

The dancers allegorically represent a human failure to connect., his songs are almost always based …

noun

The quality or fact of being allegorical.

noun

A story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one.

Usage examples:

Pilgrim's progress is an allegory of the spiritual journey

verb

Interpret or represent symbolically.

Usage examples:

The picture is interpreted as allegorizing an alienated society

verb

Interpret or represent symbolically.

Usage examples:

The picture is interpreted as allegorizing an alienated society

noun

A person who allegorizes or who uses allegory, especially one who interprets scripture allegorically; an allegorist.