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What (who) is Afford - definition

AFFORDANCE IS THE POSSIBILITY OF AN ACTION ON AN OBJECT OR ENVIRONMENT

Afford; Affordances; Gibson's affordance; False affordance

afford

(affords, affording, afforded)

Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.

1.

If you cannot afford something, you do not have enough money to pay for it.

My parents can't even afford a new refrigerator...

We couldn't afford to buy a new rug.

VERB: V n, V to-inf

2.

If you say that you cannot afford to do something or allow it to happen, you mean that you must not do it or must prevent it from happening because it would be harmful or embarrassing to you.

We can't afford to wait...

The country could not afford the luxury of an election.

VERB: V to-inf, V n

3.

If someone or something affords you an opportunity or protection, they give it to you. (FORMAL)

This affords us the opportunity to ask questions about how the systems might change...

It was a cold room, but it afforded a fine view of the Old City.

VERB: V n n, V n

afford

v.

1) to well afford

2) (formal) (A) it afforded great pleasure to him; or: it afforded him great pleasure

3)(E; preceded by the forms: can--cannot--can't--could) we cannot afford to buy a new house; we can ill afford to lose this contract

4) (formal) (K; preceded by the forms: can--cannot--can't--could) we could not afford his signing up for another course

afford

v. a.

1.

Supply, furnish, yield, produce.

2.

Confer, impart, grant, bestow, offer, lend, give, communicate, spare.

3.

Bear (the cost or expense of), endure, support.

Wikipedia

Affordance

In psychology, affordance is what the environment offers the individual. In design, affordance has a narrower meaning, it refers to possible actions that an actor can readily perceive.

American psychologist James J. Gibson coined the term in his 1966 book, The Senses Considered as Perceptual Systems, and it occurs in many of his earlier essays. His best-known definition is from his 1979 book, The Ecological Approach to Visual Perception:

The affordances of the environment are what it offers the animal, what it provides or furnishes, either for good or ill. ... It implies the complementarity of the animal and the environment.

The word is used in a variety of fields: perceptual psychology, cognitive psychology, environmental psychology, criminology, industrial design, human–computer interaction (HCI), interaction design, user-centered design, communication studies, instructional design, science, technology and society (STS), sports science and artificial intelligence.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affordance

Examples of use of Afford

1. I told my family we‘d be able to afford some things we couldn‘t afford then.

2. The middle classes can‘t afford to die My friend Jane says she can‘t afford to die.

3. Not rich, but we could afford what everyone else could afford.

4. "Innocent people can't afford this because they can't afford to pay bribes.

5. Of course, we couldn‘t afford not to afford it," she said.