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, 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.
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
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
One out of four women are victims, but only 5 percent are being reported, when you leave alone a crime, you allow the criminal to do it again. And that’s what we’re doing now.
The challenge with Asurion has always been the staggering in frequency and size of dividends the sponsors have extracted over the years, longer-term holders may be less myopically dividend focused, which could allow the credit to delever.
This report has a dual significance for us because it will allow us to acquaint ourselves with what has been established and also what evidence could be useful in terms of the investigation that we are conducting.
Honolulu Police spokeswoman Michelle Yu:
Mayor Kirk Caldwell and Honolulu Police agreed that they would not allow the guns to be sold to the general public and end up on the streets of Honolulu.
Like Gov. Noem, I signed the 1776 pledge, the proposed standards do not align with that pledge, nor do they align with what I believe most South Dakota parents want for their children. Gov. Noem’s postponement of the approval process is the right thing to do. It will allow her to get the right people in place to create standards that align with what the Governor says she wants.
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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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