What does allow for mean?

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. leave, allow for, allow, provideverb

    make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remain

    "This leaves no room for improvement"; "The evidence allows only one conclusion"; "allow for mistakes"; "leave lots of time for the trip"; "This procedure provides for lots of leeway"

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  1. allow forverb

    To take into account when making plans.

ChatGPT

  1. allow for

    "Allow for" is a phrase used to indicate making provisions, preparations or arrangements in anticipation or consideration of something, keeping space or time for it. It can also mean taking something into account or including it in calculations or planning.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of allow for in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of allow for in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of allow for in a Sentence

  1. Nathan Lents:

    I would not say that there is any evidence, historical or scientific,in favorof the existence of Adam and Eve, as they are presented in the Bible, however, there have been developments in our understanding of ancestry and genetics that allow for the possibility of universal ancestors of the entire human population in the surprisingly recent past.

  2. John McCain:

    I would support the nominee for my party, I am a loyal Republican. I would hope that good sense would prevail here, because the realities of the world today do not allow for isolationist policies, we’ve already seen what happens from.

  3. Steven Ricchiuto:

    Would the data allow for it to happen? I don't know.

  4. Paul Kortez:

    We will never allow for anyone to strike fear into our hearts because we are Jews, we are not going to allow the violence in the Middle East to spill out onto the streets of Los Angeles.

  5. Kamil Kaloush:

    They are able to dissipate the heat more quickly than dense pavements, they can also allow for water flow, which has a positive effect on storm water management, and cool the surface temperature.


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