Talk:afford

This entry is a bit old-fashioned, still smells of old dictionary copying. Among other things I think there might now be a more specific subsense relating to affordances which "offer" something to a user or organism. Equinox ◑ 17:09, 27 October 2019 (UTC)

[no passive]

[no passive] (usually used with can, could or be able to, especially in negative sentences/questions.)
1. to have enough money to be able to buy or do something
2. if you say that you can’t afford to do something, you mean that you should not do it because it will cause problems for you if you do --Backinstadiums (talk) 10:35, 11 August 2021 (UTC)

Don't use a passive form of afford --Backinstadiums (talk) 11:00, 11 August 2021 (UTC)

(non-rhotic) /əˈfoəd/

Shouldn't it be /əˈfɔːd/  ? Cf. accord JMGN (talk) 13:03, 28 February 2023 (UTC)

This pronunciation is for dialects without the horse–hoarse merger, as it says in the bullet point above. —Al-Muqanna المقنع (talk) 18:55, 4 March 2023 (UTC)