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afford
What does afford mean?
afford (verb): have the financial means to do something or buy something.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you pronounce afford?
/əˈfɔɹd/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does afford come from?
From Middle English afforthen, aforthen, avorthien, from earlier iforthen, iforthien, ȝeforthien.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to afford
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “afford” mean?
to look with difficulty, or as if searching for something
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to use in place of something else, with the same function
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make a hole, especially with a pointed power or hand tool
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have the financial means to do something or buy something
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