All allow for synonyms
alΒ·low for
A a verb allow for
- clear β Something that is clear is easy to understand, see, or hear.
- overlook β to fail to notice, perceive, or consider: to overlook a misspelled word.
- remit β to transmit or send (money, a check, etc.) to a person or place, usually in payment.
- pocket β a shaped piece of fabric attached inside or outside a garment and forming a pouch used especially for carrying small articles.
- relent β to soften in feeling, temper, or determination; become more mild, compassionate, or forgiving.
- commute β If you commute, you travel a long distance every day between your home and your place of work.
- respite β a delay or cessation for a time, especially of anything distressing or trying; an interval of relief: to toil without respite.
- release β to lease again.
- reprieve β to delay the impending punishment or sentence of (a condemned person).
- count β A Count is a European nobleman with the same rank as an English earl.
- interpolate β to introduce (something additional or extraneous) between other things or parts; interject; interpose; intercalate.
- implicate β to show to be also involved, usually in an incriminating manner: to be implicated in a crime.
- interject β to insert between other things: to interject a clarification of a previous statement.
- number β one of a series of things distinguished by or marked with numerals.
- bear β If you bear something somewhere, you carry it there or take it there.
- comprehend β If you cannot comprehend something, you cannot understand it.
- constitute β If something constitutes a particular thing, it can be regarded as being that thing.
- admit β If you admit that something bad, unpleasant, or embarrassing is true, you agree, often unwillingly, that it is true.
- inject β to force (a fluid) into a passage, cavity, or tissue: to inject a medicine into the veins.
- insert β to put or place in: to insert a key in a lock.
- subsume β to consider or include (an idea, term, proposition, etc.) as part of a more comprehensive one.
- append β When you append something to something else, especially a piece of writing, you attach it or add it to the end of it.
- accommodate β If a building or space can accommodate someone or something, it has enough room for them.
- counterpoise β a force, influence, etc, that counterbalances another
- account β If you have an account with a bank or a similar organization, you have an arrangement to leave your money there and take some out when you need it.
- countervail β to act or act against with equal power or force
- redeem β to buy or pay off; clear by payment: to redeem a mortgage.
- charge β If you charge someone an amount of money, you ask them to pay that amount for something that you have sold to them or done for them.
- recompense β to repay; remunerate; reward, as for service, aid, etc.
- requite β to make repayment or return for (service, benefits, etc.).
- counterpose β to place (something) in opposition to
- take into account β an oral or written description of particular events or situations; narrative: an account of the meetings; an account of the trip.
- take up β the act of taking.
- chew over β If you chew something over, you keep thinking about it.
- keep in mind β (in a human or other conscious being) the element, part, substance, or process that reasons, thinks, feels, wills, perceives, judges, etc.: the processes of the human mind.
- mull over β to study or ruminate; ponder.
- perpend β a large stone passing through the entire thickness of a wall.
- reckon with β to count, compute, or calculate, as in number or amount.
- see about β to perceive with the eyes; look at.
- think out β to have a conscious mind, to some extent of reasoning, remembering experiences, making rational decisions, etc.
- think over β consider, deliberate
- bear with β If you ask someone to bear with you, you are asking them to be patient.
- bury the hatchet β to cease hostilities and become reconciled
- let off β to allow or permit: to let him escape.
- kiss and make up β be reconciled
- laugh off β to express mirth, pleasure, derision, or nervousness with an audible, vocal expulsion of air from the lungs that can range from a loud burst of sound to a series of quiet chuckles and is usually accompanied by characteristic facial and bodily movements.
- let bygones be bygones β past; gone by; earlier; former: The faded photograph brought memories of bygone days.
- wink at β to close and open one or both eyes quickly.
- take in β the act of taking.