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• allege */*/ — UK [əˈledʒ] / US verb [transitive] Word forms allege : present tense I/you/we/they allege he/she/it alleges present participle alleging past tense alleged past participle alleged to say that something is true or that someone has done something… …   English dictionary

• allege — 01. The teacher [alleged] that a number of students had cheated on the test, but the accusation was later shown to be completely untrue. 02. The company has denied [allegations] that they were dumping polluted water into the river. 03. The… …   Grammatical examples in English

• allege — al|lege [əˈledʒ] v [T often passive] formal [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: alleguer, from Latin allegare to give reasons , from ad to + legare ( LEGATE)] to say that something is true or that someone has done something wrong, although it …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• allege — [[t]əle̱ʤ[/t]] alleges, alleging, alleged VERB If you allege that something bad is true, you say it but do not prove it. [FORMAL] [V that] She alleged that there was rampant drug use among the male members of the group... [be V ed to inf] The… …   English dictionary

• allege — al|lege [ ə ledʒ ] verb transitive ** to say that something is true or that someone has done something wrong or illegal even though this has not been proved: allege that: The defense alleges that Jones was beaten up while in police custody. be… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• allege — verb (T) to say that something is true or that someone has done something wrong even though this has not been proved: allege (that): It was alleged that policemen had accepted bribes. | be alleged to be/do sth: The new missiles are alleged to be… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• allege — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. state, assert, affirm; imply; accuse. See accusation, affirmation. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. assert, affirm, testify, claim; see declare 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) v. [uh LEJ]… …   English dictionary for students

• allege — verb both children allege that the babysitter had left them alone for hours at a time Syn: claim, assert, charge, accuse, declare, state, contend, argue, affirm, maintain, attest, testify, swear; formal aver …   Thesaurus of popular words

• allege — ► VERB ▪ claim that someone has done something illegal or wrong, typically without proof. DERIVATIVES alleged adjective allegedly adverb. ORIGIN originally in the sense «declare on oath»: from Old French esligier, from Latin lis lawsuit ;… …   English terms dictionary

• allege — UK US /əˈledʒ/ verb [T] ► to state that someone has done something illegal or wrong without giving proof: »It is alleged that he used his influential position to steal thousands of pounds of company profits …   Financial and business terms

• allege — [14] Allege is related to law, legal, legislation, legation, and litigation. Its original source was Vulgar Latin *exlitigāre, which meant ‘clear of charges in a lawsuit’ (from ex ‘out of’ and litigāre ‘litigate’). This developed successively… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins