afford
/əˈfoɹd/ verbe B1En français : se permettre, offrir
- To incur, stand, or bear without serious detriment, as an act which might under other circumstances be injurious; (usually after an expression of ability, as could, able, difficult) to be able or rich enough; to spare. · I think we can afford the extra hour it will take. We can only afford to buy a small car at the moment.
- 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.
He/she/it affords · Prétérit afforded · Participe passé afforded · Forme en -ing affording
Formes du verbe
- Forme de base
- afford
- He/she/it
- affords
- Prétérit
- afforded
- Participe passé
- afforded
- Forme en -ing
- affording
Dans la bibliothèque
With her chin propped on her hands and her eyes fixed on the blue glimpse of the Lake of Shining Waters that the west window afforded, she was far away in a gorgeous dreamland hearing and seeing nothing save her own wonderful visions.
She and Diana fairly lived outdoors, reveling in all the delights that Lover’s Lane and the Dryad’s Bubble and Willowmere and Victoria Island afforded.
My father can afford to send me.
His father can’t afford to send him to college next year, after all, so he means to earn his own way through.
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