Definition of Allow

1. Verb. Make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen. "This will permit the rain to run off"

Exact synonyms: Let, Permit
Specialized synonyms: Pass
Antonyms: Prevent

2. Verb. Consent to, give permission. "They allow him to write the letter"; "I cannot allow you to see your exam"

3. Verb. Let have. "Mandela was allowed few visitors in prison"
Exact synonyms: Grant
Related verbs: Countenance, Let, Permit
Generic synonyms: Give
Specialized synonyms: Vouchsafe, Allowance
Antonyms: Deny
Derivative terms: Grant, Granter

4. Verb. Give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause. "She sets aside time for meditation every day"
Exact synonyms: Appropriate, Earmark, Reserve, Set Aside
Generic synonyms: Allot, Assign, Portion
Derivative terms: Allowance, Appropriable, Earmark, Reserve

5. Verb. Make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remain. "This procedure provides for lots of leeway"
Exact synonyms: Allow For, Leave, Provide
Generic synonyms: Afford, Give, Yield
Related verbs: Admit

6. Verb. Allow or plan for a certain possibility; concede the truth or validity of something. "The seamstress planned for 5% shrinkage after the first wash"
Exact synonyms: Take Into Account
Generic synonyms: Calculate, Count On, Estimate, Figure, Forecast, Reckon
Specialized synonyms: Budget For
Derivative terms: Allowable

7. Verb. Afford possibility. "This short story allows of several different interpretations"
Exact synonyms: Admit
Related verbs: Allow For, Leave, Provide
Derivative terms: Admissive, Allowable

8. Verb. Allow the other (baseball) team to score. "Give up a run"
Exact synonyms: Give Up

9. Verb. Grant as a discount or in exchange. "The camera store owner allowed me $50 on my old camera"
Generic synonyms: Discount

10. Verb. Allow the presence of or allow (an activity) without opposing or prohibiting. "We cannot tolerate smoking in the hospital"
Exact synonyms: Permit, Tolerate
Generic synonyms: Countenance, Let, Permit
Derivative terms: Allowance, Allowance, Permissive, Permit, Permit

Definition of Allow

1. v. t. To praise; to approve of; hence, to sanction.

2. v. i. To admit; to concede; to make allowance or abatement.

Definition of Allow

1. Verb. (transitive) To grant, give, admit, accord, afford, or yield; to let one have. ¹

2. Verb. (transitive) To acknowledge; to accept as true; to concede; to accede to an opinion. ¹

3. Verb. (transitive) To grant (something) as a deduction or an addition; especially to abate or deduct; ¹

4. Verb. (transitive) To grant license to; to permit; to consent to. ¹

5. Verb. To not bar or obstruct. ¹

6. Verb. (intransitive) To acknowledge or concede. ¹

7. Verb. (transitive) To take into account by making an allowance. ¹

8. Verb. (transitive) To render physically possible ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Allow

1. to put no obstacle in the way of [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Allow

allottery
allotteth
allotting
allotypes
allotypic
allotypic determinants
allotypic marker
allotypical
allotypically
allotypies
allotypy
allouing
allover
allovers
allow (current term)
allow'd
allow for
allow in
allow nature to take her course
allow nature to take its course
allowabilities
allowability
allowable
allowableness
allowables
allowably
allowance account
allowanced

Literary usage of Allow

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. My Bondage and My Freedom by Frederick Douglass (1855)
"sire to attend the Lyceum, but was told, 'They don't allow niggers in here! ... I was soon touched upon the shoulder, and told, ' We don't allow niggers in ..."

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