What does Allow mean?
Definitions for Allow
əˈlaʊAl·low
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word Allow.
Princeton's WordNet
let, allow, permit(verb)
make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen
"This permits the water to rush in"; "This sealed door won't allow the water come into the basement"; "This will permit the rain to run off"
permit, allow, let, countenance(verb)
consent to, give permission
"She permitted her son to visit her estranged husband"; "I won't let the police search her basement"; "I cannot allow you to see your exam"
allow, grant(verb)
let have
"grant permission"; "Mandela was allowed few visitors in prison"
allow, appropriate, earmark, set aside, reserve(verb)
give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause
"I will earmark this money for your research"; "She sets aside time for meditation every day"
leave, allow for, allow, provide(verb)
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"
allow, take into account(verb)
allow or plan for a certain possibility; concede the truth or validity of something
"I allow for this possibility"; "The seamstress planned for 5% shrinkage after the first wash"
admit, allow(verb)
afford possibility
"This problem admits of no solution"; "This short story allows of several different interpretations"
give up, allow(verb)
allow the other (baseball) team to score
"give up a run"
allow(verb)
grant as a discount or in exchange
"The camera store owner allowed me $50 on my old camera"
allow, permit, tolerate(verb)
allow the presence of or allow (an activity) without opposing or prohibiting
"We don't allow dogs here"; "Children are not permitted beyond this point"; "We cannot tolerate smoking in the hospital"
Wiktionary
allow(Verb)
To grant, give, admit, accord, afford, or yield; to let one have.
Etymology: From allouen, from alouer , from Medieval allaudāre, (ad-) + laudare, merged with alouer, from Medieval Latin allocāre.
allow(Verb)
To acknowledge; to accept as true; to concede; to accede to an opinion.
Etymology: From allouen, from alouer , from Medieval allaudāre, (ad-) + laudare, merged with alouer, from Medieval Latin allocāre.
allow(Verb)
To grant (something) as a deduction or an addition; especially to abate or deduct;
To allow a sum for leakage.
Etymology: From allouen, from alouer , from Medieval allaudāre, (ad-) + laudare, merged with alouer, from Medieval Latin allocāre.
allow(Verb)
To grant license to; to permit; to consent to.
Etymology: From allouen, from alouer , from Medieval allaudāre, (ad-) + laudare, merged with alouer, from Medieval Latin allocāre.
allow(Verb)
To not bar or obstruct.
Although I don't consent to their holding such meetings, I will allow them for the time being.
Etymology: From allouen, from alouer , from Medieval allaudāre, (ad-) + laudare, merged with alouer, from Medieval Latin allocāre.
allow(Verb)
To acknowledge or concede.
Etymology: From allouen, from alouer , from Medieval allaudāre, (ad-) + laudare, merged with alouer, from Medieval Latin allocāre.
allow(Verb)
To take into account by making an allowance.
When calculating a budget for a construction project, always allow for contingencies.
Etymology: From allouen, from alouer , from Medieval allaudāre, (ad-) + laudare, merged with alouer, from Medieval Latin allocāre.
allow(Verb)
To render physically possible
Etymology: From allouen, from alouer , from Medieval allaudāre, (ad-) + laudare, merged with alouer, from Medieval Latin allocāre.
Webster Dictionary
Allow(verb)
to praise; to approve of; hence, to sanction
Allow(verb)
to like; to be suited or pleased with
Allow(verb)
to sanction; to invest; to intrust
Allow(verb)
to grant, give, admit, accord, afford, or yield; to let one have; as, to allow a servant his liberty; to allow a free passage; to allow one day for rest
Allow(verb)
to own or acknowledge; to accept as true; to concede; to accede to an opinion; as, to allow a right; to allow a claim; to allow the truth of a proposition
Allow(verb)
to grant (something) as a deduction or an addition; esp. to abate or deduct; as, to allow a sum for leakage
Allow(verb)
to grant license to; to permit; to consent to; as, to allow a son to be absent
Allow(verb)
to admit; to concede; to make allowance or abatement
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Allow
al-low′, v.t. to grant: to permit: to acknowledge: to abate: make allowance for: (obs.) invest, entrust: assert, say (coll. in U.S.).—adj. Allow′able, that may be allowed: not forbidden: lawful.—n. Allow′ableness.—adv. Allow′ably.—n. Allow′ance, that which is allowed: a limited portion of anything: a stated quantity—of money, &c., to meet expenses: abatement: approbation: permission.—v.t. to put any one upon an allowance: to supply anything in limited quantities.—To make allowance for, to take excusing circumstances into account. [O. Fr. alouer, to grant—L. ad, to, and locāre, to place.—Allow, in the sense of approve or sanction, as used in B. and by old writers, has its root in L. allaudāre—ad-, and laudāre, to praise.]
Editors Contribution
allow
To give permission to.
Time did allow for their love to connect and for them to marry before the date they choose as they knew they were both so right for each other.
Submitted by MaryC on February 15, 2020
British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Allow' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #854
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Allow' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1328
Verbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Allow' in Verbs Frequency: #59
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Allow in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Allow in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of Allow in a Sentence
We have a situation down there where we met with women guards who are being prevented from fully performing their mission because the five 9/11 attackers who are charged with killing 3,000 Americans will not allow them to perform their duties because they're women, it’s outrageous.
Our current proposed adjustment is fairly modest. But our goal here was to develop a framework that would allow us to dial the adjustment as needed.
His rhetoric is a little louder but, if you think about where he was six months ago, his position on immigration six months ago was nothing like what he's saying now. And even what he's saying now borders on the absurd, he's going to deport all these people and then he's going to allow back in the ones that are good. His plan makes no sense.
Along with such abundance of grace comes the gift of righteousness. Again grace and righteousness combine to allow believers to experience the enthroned life in Jesus Christ. In God's dealings with man today, grace is king. Grace reigns through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord
We have people that Hillary Clinton wants 550 percent more than President Obama and Obama’s allowing a lot of people to come in. We have no idea who they are, they’re from Islamic State-occupied Syria maybe, but they have no paperwork many times, we’re going to allow thousands, and ten and thousands, more people to come in and then Donald Trump see a situation like Nice, France. It’s a horrible thing and we ’d better get awfully tough.
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Translations for Allow
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- أذن, سمح ب, سمحArabic
- дазволіць, дазваляцьBelarusian
- признавам, позволявам, допускам, давам, разрешавамBulgarian
- deixarCatalan, Valencian
- dovolit, povolitCzech
- tillade, acceptereDanish
- akzeptieren, erlauben, zulassen, einberechnenGerman
- παρέχω, παραδέχομαι, αφήνω, παραχωρώ, χορηγώ, επιτρέπω, αναγνωρίζωGreek
- permitir, dejar, concederSpanish
- lubamaEstonian
- varata, hyväksyä, varautua, sallia, myöntää, antaa lupa, tehdä varaus, antaa alennusFinnish
- laisser, accorder, permettreFrench
- lig, leomh, ceadaigh, lamháilIrish
- leig leScottish Gaelic
- deixarGalician
- pèmètHaitian Creole
- enged, elfogad, hagy, megenged, engedélyezHungarian
- grantarIdo
- permettere, lasciare, concedereItalian
- 許すJapanese
- អនុញ្ញាតKhmer
- 허락Korean
- patior, permitto, immitto, praetermittoLatin
- ļautLatvian
- дозволуваMacedonian
- membenarkanMalay
- laten doenDutch
- pozwolić, przyznać, wziąć pod uwagęPolish
- aceitar, considerar, permitir, deixarPortuguese
- lăsa, acorda, permite, îngădui, admiteRomanian
- учесть, позволить, разрешать, позволять, разрешить, [[принимать]] [[в, [[принять]] [[в, учитывать, допускать, допустить, признавать, признатьRussian
- lassare, lassaiSardinian
- дозволити, dozvolitiSerbo-Croatian
- dovoliť, povoliťSlovak
- dovolitiSlovene
- idhinishaSwahili
- дозволити, дозволятиUkrainian
- leyî, laireWalloon
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