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- [uh-lou]
- /əˈlaʊ/
- /əˈlaʊ/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [uh-lou]
- /əˈlaʊ/
Definitions of allow word
- verb allow If someone is allowed to do something, it is all right for them to do it and they will not get into trouble. 3
- verb allow If you are allowed something, you are given permission to have it or are given it. 3
- verb allow If you allow something to happen, you do not prevent it. 3
- verb allow If one thing allows another thing to happen, the first thing creates the opportunity for the second thing to happen. 3
- verb allow If you allow a particular length of time or a particular amount of something for a particular purpose, you include it in your planning. 3
- verb allow If you allow that something is true, you admit or agree that it is true. 3
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Origin of allow
First appearance:
before 1250 One of the 11% oldest English words
1250-1300; Middle English alowen < Anglo-French al(l)o(u)er to place, allot, allow, Old French aloer to place < Late Latin allocāre; see al-, locus; the older sense “approve, sanction” and Middle English sense “praise” probably by taking the Anglo-French v. as representing Medieval Latin, Latin adlaudāre to praise; see ad-, laud
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Parts of speech for Allow
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
allow popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
allow usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for allow
verb allow
- grant — to bestow or confer, especially by a formal act: to grant a charter.
- own — of, relating to, or belonging to oneself or itself (usually used after a possessive to emphasize the idea of ownership, interest, or relation conveyed by the possessive): He spent only his own money.
- confess — If someone confesses to doing something wrong, they admit that they did it.
- avow — If you avow something, you admit it or declare it.
- concede — If you concede something, you admit, often unwillingly, that it is true or correct.
Antonyms for allow
verb allow
- deny — When you deny something, you state that it is not true.
- disavow — to disclaim knowledge of, connection with, or responsibility for; disown; repudiate: He disavowed the remark that had been attributed to him.
- reject — to refuse to have, take, recognize, etc.: to reject the offer of a better job.
- disown — to refuse to acknowledge as belonging or pertaining to oneself; deny the ownership of or responsibility for; repudiate; renounce: to disown one's heirs; to disown a published statement.
- repudiate — to reject as having no authority or binding force: to repudiate a claim.
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