āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
to afford
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āϏāĻžāĻŽāϰā§āĻĨā§āϝ āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻž, āĻāϰāĻ āĻŦāĻšāύ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āϏāĻā§āώāĻŽ āĻšāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž
to be able to pay the cost of something
Transitive: to afford a commodity
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Budgeting wisely helps individuals afford their desired lifestyle without overspending.
āĻŦā§āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋāĻŽāϤā§āϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āĻ āĻāϰāĻž āĻŦā§āϝāĻā§āϤāĻŋāĻĻā§āϰ āϤāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āĻāĻžāĻā§āĻāĻŋāϤ āĻā§āĻŦāύāϝāĻžāϤā§āϰāĻž āϏāĻžāĻŽāϰā§āĻĨā§āϝ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāϝā§āϝ āĻāϰ⧠āĻ
āϤā§āϝāϧāĻŋāĻ āĻāϰāĻ āύāĻž āĻāϰā§āĨ¤
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āϏāĻžāĻŽāϰā§āĻĨā§āϝ āϰāĻžāĻāĻž, āĻĒāϰā§āϝāĻžāĻĒā§āϤ āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻž
to possess enough of something to use or spare
Transitive: to afford a resource
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Can you afford an hour to help me with this project?
āĻāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻ āĻĒā§āϰāĻāϞā§āĻĒā§ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻā§ āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāϝā§āϝ āĻāϰāĻžāϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āĻāĻ āĻāύā§āĻāĻž āĻŦā§āϝ⧠āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āύ?
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āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻāĻžāύ āĻāϰāĻž, āϏāϰāĻŦāϰāĻžāĻš āĻāϰāĻž
to have the ability to produce or supply something as needed
Transitive: to afford sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The dense forest afforded the hikers shelter from the sudden downpour.
āĻāύ āĻŦāύ āĻšāĻ āĻžā§ āĻŦā§āώā§āĻāĻŋ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻšāĻžāĻāĻāĻžāϰāĻĻā§āϰ āĻāĻļā§āϰāϝāĻŧ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤
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āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻāĻžāύ āĻāϰāĻž, āϏā§āϝā§āĻ āĻĻā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻž
to provide access to or give someone the opportunity to do something
Transitive: to afford an opportunity
Ditransitive: to afford sb an opportunity
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The key card affords access to all areas of the building.
āĻā§ āĻāĻžāϰā§āĻĄāĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāϞā§āĻĄāĻŋāĻāϝāĻŧā§āϰ āϏāĻŽāϏā§āϤ āĻāϞāĻžāĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦā§āĻļ āϏā§āĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻž āĻĻā§āϝāĻŧ.
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāϤā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
affordable
afford
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