allow (verb)

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• allow for — verb make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remain (Freq. 8) This leaves no room for improvement The evidence allows only one conclusion allow for mistakes leave lots of time for the trip This procedure …   Useful english dictionary

• allow — ► VERB 1) admit as legal or acceptable. 2) permit to do something. 3) (allow for) take into consideration when making plans or calculations. 4) provide or set aside for a particular purpose. 5) admit the truth of. DERIVATIVES …   English terms dictionary

• allow — al‧low [əˈlaʊ] verb [transitive] 1. ACCOUNTING when the tax authorities allow an amount, cost, or expense, they permit it not to be counted as part of income or profits: • You re allowed a certain amount a year in personal allowances, before you… …   Financial and business terms

• allow — verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French aluer, alouer to place, apportion, allow, from Middle French allocare more at allocate Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. a. to assign as a share or suitable amount (as of time or money) …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• allow — al·low /ə lau̇/ vt: to give approval of or permission for: as a: to grant fulfillment of allow ed her petition for relief b: to decide in favor of allow a deduction on a tax return c: to permit to be presented …   Law dictionary

• allow — 1. This verb matches admit in having a wide range of common uses, transitive and intransitive, with that clauses, and with an infinitive complement. For several centuries it has alternated in many meanings with the phrasal verb allow of; some of… …   Modern English usage

• allow — verb (T) 1 to let someone do or have something, or let something happen: allow sb to do sth: The committee allowed the oil company to build a refinery on the island. | allow sb sth: We allow passengers one item of hand luggage each. | allow sb… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• allow in — verb allow to enter; grant entry to (Freq. 2) We cannot admit non members into our club building This pipe admits air • Syn: ↑admit, ↑let in, ↑intromit • Ant: ↑reject …   Useful english dictionary

• allow — verb /əˈlaʊ/ a) To grant, give, admit, accord, afford, or yield; to let one have. To allow a servant his liberty b) To acknowledge; to accept as true; to concede; to accede to an opinion. To allow a free passage Syn: allot, assign, bestow …   Wiktionary

• allow — verb Allow is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑approach, ↑authority, ↑bill, ↑circumstance, ↑constitution, ↑deal, ↑design, ↑facility, ↑feature, ↑judge, ↑law, ↑ …   Collocations dictionary

• allow — verb 1》 let (someone) have or do something.     ↘admit as legal or acceptable. 2》 (often allow for) take into consideration when making plans or calculations.     ↘(allow for) make provision or provide scope for.     ↘provide or set aside for a… …   English new terms dictionary