Definitions for allowing
al·low·ing

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1. Allowing

   of Allow

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1. Allowingverb

   Verb form of the word allow.

   The couple were allowing each of their nieces and nephews to bring a friend to the wedding to celebrate their marriage.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on April 11, 2020  

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'allowing' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2359

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'allowing' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4410

How to pronounce allowing?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say allowing in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of allowing in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of allowing in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of allowing in a Sentence

1. Jeb Bush:

   This is simply allowing people of faith space to be able to express their beliefs -- to be able to be people of conscience, i think once the facts are established, people aren't going to see this as discriminatory at all.

2. Ralph Baric:

   This is a landmark study that reveals new and unexpected insights into the mechanisms that regulate disease progression and severity following SARS-CoV-2 infection, in addition, we describe a new reverse genetic platform for SARS-CoV-2 allowing us to produce key indicator viruses that will support national vaccine efforts designed to control the spread and severity of this terrible disease.

3. Diane Goodman:

   It’s easy to point to Gruden and go, ‘Oh, isn’t he terrible?’ and ‘Look at the terrible things he did.’ But that doesn’t look at that larger culture, where people were participating with him. People were allowing these emails to exist. It really is about the whole culture and that sense, that I’m sure people have cultivated, to feel like, ‘I can say these things and they will be, at best, appreciated and reciprocated or, at worst, people may not appreciate them but nothing’s going to happen.’ And that is about privilege and entitlement, there is the assumption that ‘I can say these things to another white man who is going to think they’re OK.'.

4. Todd Goldstein:

   The Fin attaches to a standard prosthetic, allowing the amputee to enter and exit the water without changing prosthetics.

5. Danny Danon:

   The terrorists are hiding while allowing, even hoping, for their people to die. This is evil in its purest form.

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References

1. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/allowing