afford
Meaning of afford
verb
- To incur, stand, or bear without serious detriment, as an act which might under other circumstances be injurious;—with an auxiliary, as can, could, might, etc.; to be able or rich enough.
I think we can afford the extra hour it will take. We can only afford to buy a small car at the moment.
- To offer, provide, or supply, as in selling, granting, expending, with profit, or without loss or too great injury.
A affords his goods cheaper than B.
- To give forth; to supply, yield, or produce as the natural result, fruit, or issue.
Grapes afford wine. Olives afford oil. The earth affords fruit. The sea affords an abundant supply of fish.
- To give, grant, or confer, with a remoter reference to its being the natural result; to provide; to furnish.
A good life affords consolation in old age.
Information about afford
- It is a verb.
- The plural form of afford is: affords.
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Hyphenation of afford
af-ford
- It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
- afford is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
afford synonyms
Meaning yield:
Meaning open:
Translation of afford
- French: donner, permettre
- Spanish: dar, conferir, permitirse
- German: verleihen
- Italian: conferire, fornire, permettersi
- Portuguese: conferir
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