What does allow mean?
Definitions for allow
əˈlaʊal·low
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word allow.
Princeton's WordNet
let, allow, permitverb
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, countenanceverb
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, grantverb
let have
"grant permission"; "Mandela was allowed few visitors in prison"
allow, appropriate, earmark, set aside, reserveverb
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, 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"
allow, take into accountverb
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, allowverb
afford possibility
"This problem admits of no solution"; "This short story allows of several different interpretations"
give up, allowverb
allow the other (baseball) team to score
"give up a run"
allowverb
grant as a discount or in exchange
"The camera store owner allowed me $50 on my old camera"
allow, permit, tolerateverb
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
allowverb
To grant, give, admit, accord, afford, or yield; to let one have.
allowverb
To acknowledge; to accept as true; to concede; to accede to an opinion.
allowverb
To grant (something) as a deduction or an addition; especially to abate or deduct;
To allow a sum for leakage.
allowverb
To grant license to; to permit; to consent to.
allowverb
To not bar or obstruct.
Although I don't consent to their holding such meetings, I will allow them for the time being.
allowverb
To acknowledge or concede.
allowverb
To take into account by making an allowance.
When calculating a budget for a construction project, always allow for contingencies.
allowverb
To render physically possible
Etymology: From allouen, from alouer, from Medieval allaudāre, (ad-) + laudare, merged with alouer, from Medieval Latin allocāre.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To ALLOWverb
Etymology: allouer, Fr. from allaudare.
The principles, which all mankind allow for true, are innate; those, that men of right reason admit, are the principles allowed by all mankind. John Locke.
The pow’r of musick all our hearts allow;
And what Timotheus was, is John Dryden now. Alexander Pope, Ess. Crit.As to what is alleged, that some of the Presbyterians declared openly against the king’s murder, I allow it to be true. Jonathan Swift.
We will not, in civility, allow too much sincerity to the professions of most men; but think their actions to be interpreters of their thoughts. John Locke.
I will help you to enough of them, and shall be ready to allow the pope as little power here as you please. Jonathan Swift.
Let’s follow the old earl, and get the beldam
To lead him where he would; his roguish madness
Allows itself to any thing. William Shakespeare, King Lear.But as we were allowed of God to be put in trust with the gospel, even so we speak, not as pleasing men, but God, which trieth our hearts. 1 Thess. ii. 4.
They referred all laws, that were to be passed in Ireland, to be considered, corrected and allowed first by the state of England. John Davies, on Ireland.
There is no slander in an allow’d fool. William Shakespeare, Tw. Night.
Ungrateful then! if we no tears allow
To him that gave us peace and empire too. Edmund Waller.If we consider the different occasions of ancient and modern medals, we shall find they both agree in recording the great actions and successes in war; allowing still for the different ways of making it, and the circumstances that attended it. Addison.
ChatGPT
allow
To permit, give permission, or provide the opportunity for something to happen, often by not doing something to prevent it. It can also refer to acknowledging or admitting something to be true or valid.
Webster Dictionary
Allowverb
to praise; to approve of; hence, to sanction
Allowverb
to like; to be suited or pleased with
Allowverb
to sanction; to invest; to intrust
Allowverb
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
Allowverb
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
Allowverb
to grant (something) as a deduction or an addition; esp. to abate or deduct; as, to allow a sum for leakage
Allowverb
to grant license to; to permit; to consent to; as, to allow a son to be absent
Allowverb
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
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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
Brokerage firms have frozen their trading platform function today to not allow their clients to do transaction as market has fallen down drastically
For the future of the country - forget outside pressure - we will not allow armed militias to operate.
This is tinkering around the edges and it does up America's role and it will allow America to go to the Iraqis and go to the Russians and everybody and say we are doing more, but it doesn't fundamentally change anything, this is more of ... what Obama has been doing for five years, which is trying to keep his critics on their heels by doing the minimum amount necessary while at the same time making sure that America does not get sucked into (Syria).
Gordon Johnson of GLJ Research:
Bankruptcy is a real risk for these guys, why ? A lot of their cash is locked up in China. They weren't profitable until they were in China ; and, given China does not allow companies to repatriate dollars made there out of the country, and Tesla has a real problem.
They allow the carmakers to differentiate their offering while using their own production capacity and generating much better profit margins than coupé-cabriolets.
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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
- अनुमतिHindi
- pèmètHaitian Creole
- enged, elfogad, hagy, megenged, engedélyezHungarian
- թույլ տալArmenian
- 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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