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afford
Overview of verb afford
The verb afford has 4 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (24) afford -- (be able to spare or give up; "I can't afford to spend two hours with this person")
2. (13) yield, give, afford -- (be the cause or source of; "He gave me a lot of trouble"; "Our meeting afforded much interesting information")
3. afford -- (have the financial means to do something or buy something; "We can't afford to send our children to college"; "Can you afford this car?")
4. afford, open, give -- (afford access to; "the door opens to the patio"; "The French doors give onto a terrace")
Antonyms of verb afford
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb afford
4 senses of afford
Sense 1
afford
=> spend, expend, drop
=> pay
=> give
=> transfer
Sense 2
yield, give, afford
=> supply, provide, render, furnish
=> give
=> transfer
Sense 3
afford
Sense 4
afford, open, give
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb afford
1 of 4 senses of afford
Sense 2
yield, give, afford
=> open, open up
=> leave, allow for, allow, provide
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb afford
4 senses of afford
Sense 1
afford
=> spend, expend, drop
Sense 2
yield, give, afford
=> supply, provide, render, furnish
Sense 3
afford
Sense 4
afford, open, give
'Cause To' of verb afford
Derived Forms of verb afford
1 of 4 senses of afford
Sense 3
afford
RELATED TO>(adj) affordable#1
=> low-cost, low-priced, affordable
Domain of verb afford
Domain Terms of verb afford
Familiarity of verb afford
afford used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count =4)
Sample Sentences of verb afford
4 senses of afford
Sense 1
afford
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 2
yield, give, afford
*> Something ----s something
Sense 3
afford
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 4
afford, open, give
*> Something is ----ing PP
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb afford
2 of 4 senses of afford
Sense 1
afford
> spend, expend, drop
=> consume, eat up, use up, eat, deplete, exhaust, run through, wipe out
=> consume, squander, waste, ware
=> afford
=> blow
=> wanton, wanton away, trifle away
=> underspend
=> misspend
=> penny-pinch, nickel-and-dime
=> invest, put, commit, place
=> save, economize, economise
=> lay out
Sense 2
yield, give, afford
> supply, provide, render, furnish
=> hydrate
=> charge
=> date
=> feed
=> calk
=> fund
=> stint, skimp, scant
=> terrace, terrasse
=> dado
=> innervate
=> offer
=> signalize, signalise
=> extend, offer
=> stock
=> stock, buy in
=> caption
=> tube
=> ticket
=> stock
=> stock
=> rim
=> fret
=> step
=> rail
=> grate
=> capitalize, capitalise
=> alphabetize
=> wharf
=> air-cool, air-condition
=> uniform
=> railroad
=> partner
=> bewhisker, whisker
=> subtitle
=> headline
=> match
=> hobnail
=> wive
=> victual
=> surfeit, cloy
=> heat
=> seat
=> seat
=> ramp
=> arm
=> interleave
=> glass, glaze
=> crenel, crenelate, crenellate
=> causeway
=> canal, canalize, canalise
=> bush
=> brattice
=> furnish
=> slat
=> berth
=> bed
=> computerize, computerise
=> costume
=> bottom
=> rafter
=> tool
=> key
=> fuel
=> provision, purvey
=> yield, give, afford
=> equip, fit, fit out, outfit
=> transistorize, transistorise
=> upholster
=> cleat
=> coal
=> corbel
=> cornice
=> constitutionalize
=> copper-bottom
=> curtain
=> gate
=> index
=> joint, articulate
=> pour
=> pump
=> fuel, fire
=> flood, oversupply, glut
=> toggle
=> patch
=> water
=> leverage
=> tap
=> top
=> reflectorize, reflectorise
=> retrofit
=> border, edge
=> machicolate
=> sanitate
=> hat
=> theme
=> kern
=> shelter
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb afford
Sense 1
afford
=> spend, expend, drop
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Sense 2
yield, give, afford
=> supply, provide, render, furnish
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Sense 3
afford
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Sense 4
afford, open, give
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Grep of verb afford
afford
Grep of adj afford
affordable
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