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allow
[ uh-lou ]
verb (used with object)
- to give permission to or for; permit:
to allow a student to be absent;
No swimming allowed.
Antonyms: ,
- to let have; give as one's share; grant as one's right:
to allow a person $100 for expenses.
- to permit by neglect, oversight, or the like:
to allow a door to remain open.
- to admit; acknowledge; concede:
to allow a claim.
- to take into consideration, as by adding or subtracting; set apart:
to allow an hour for changing trains.
- Older Use. to say; think.
- Archaic. to approve; sanction.
verb (used without object)
- to permit something to happen or to exist; admit (often followed by of ): a premise that allows of only one conclusion.
to spend more than one's budget allows;
a premise that allows of only one conclusion.
allow
/ əˈʊ /
verb
- tr to permit (to do something); let
- tr to set aside
five hours were allowed to do the job
- tr to let enter or stay
they don't allow dogs
- tr to acknowledge or concede (a point, claim, etc)
- tr to let have; grant
he was allowed few visitors
- intrfoll byfor to take into account
allow for delays
- introften foll byof to permit; admit
a question that allows of only one reply
- dialect.tr; may take a clause as object to assert; maintain
- archaic.tr to approve; accept
Other 51Թ Forms
- a·Ƿ verb (used with object)
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of allow1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of allow1
Idioms and Phrases
- allow for, to make concession or provision for:
to allow for breakage.
Example Sentences
Minutes later Lily Yohannes was tripped in the box, allowing Heaps to double the U.S. lead on a penalty kick.
As a fashion choice, many women love the creativity that wigs and weaves allow them.
And in what was easily the best of his three rookie-season starts so far on Saturday, Sasaki finally laid the foundation that could allow for future growth.
Britain's Joyce, who looked sharp at times but allowed Hrgovic to take charge, has now lost four of his last five fights.
The threat of sanctions would be balanced by an improved Welsh NHS app, which would allow patients to track their progress through the system and make or amend appointments at the touch of a button.
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What are other ways to say allow?
To allow something is to give permission for it. How is allow different from permit and let? Learn more on .
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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