ALL meanings of allow
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A a - 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
- verb allow to permit (to do something); let 3
- verb allow to set aside 3
- verb allow to let enter or stay 3
- verb allow to acknowledge or concede (a point, claim, etc) 3
- verb allow to let have; grant 3
- verb allow to take into account 3
- verb allow to permit; admit 3
- verb allow to assert; maintain 3
- verb allow to approve; accept 3
- verb transitive allow to let do, happen, etc.; permit; let 3
- verb transitive allow to let have 3
- verb transitive allow to admit (a claim or the like); acknowledge as true or valid 3
- verb transitive allow to provide or allot (a certain amount, period of time, etc.) for a purpose 3
- verb transitive allow to think; give as one's opinion 3
- verb transitive allow to intend 3
- noun allow Admit (an event or activity) as legal or acceptable. 1
- verb with object allow to give permission to or for; permit: to allow a student to be absent; No swimming allowed. 1
- verb with object allow to let have; give as one's share; grant as one's right: to allow a person $100 for expenses. 1
- verb with object allow to permit by neglect, oversight, or the like: to allow a door to remain open. 1
- verb with object allow to admit; acknowledge; concede: to allow a claim. 1
- verb with object allow to take into consideration, as by adding or subtracting; set apart: to allow an hour for changing trains. 1
- verb with object allow Older Use. to say; think. 1
- verb with object allow Archaic. to approve; sanction. 1
- verb without object allow to permit something to happen or to exist; admit (often followed by of): to spend more than one's budget allows; a premise that allows of only one conclusion. 1
- idioms allow allow for, to make concession or provision for: to allow for breakage. 1
- transitive verb allow let: sb 1
- transitive verb allow permit: sth 1
- transitive verb allow set aside 1
- transitive verb allow concede 1
- intransitive verb allow make provision 1
- transitive verb allow grant 1
- transitive verb allow let have 1
- transitive verb allow enable by neglect 1
- abbreviation ALLOW acknowledge 1
- verb allow (Transitive Verb) To grant, give, admit, accord, afford, or yield; to let one have. 0
- verb allow (Transitive Verb) To acknowledge; to accept as true; to concede; to accede to an opinion. 0
- verb allow (Transitive Verb) To grant (something) as a deduction or an addition; especially to abate or deduct. 0
- verb allow (Transitive Verb) To grant license to; to permit; to consent to. 0
- verb allow To not bar or obstruct. 0
- verb allow (Intransitive Verb) To acknowledge or concede. 0
- verb allow (Transitive Verb) To take into account by making an allowance. 0
- verb allow (Transitive Verb) To render physically possible. 0
- verb allow (Transitive Verb) OBS To praise; to approve of; hence, to sanction. 0
- verb allow (Obsolete (No longer in use)) To sanction; to invest; to entrust. 0