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allow
Meaning of allow
verb
- let (someone) have or do something.
the dissident was allowed to leave the country
she was allowed a higher profile
- give the necessary time or opportunity for.
he stopped to allow his eyes to adjust
- admit the truth of; concede.
he allowed that the penalty appeared too harsh for the crime
‘Could happen,’ she allowed indifferently
Middle English (originally in the senses ‘commend, sanction’ and ‘assign as a right’): from Old French alouer, from Latin allaudare ‘to praise’, reinforced by medieval Latin allocare ‘to place’ (see allocate).
Information about allow
- It is a verb.
- The plural form of allow is: allows.
Hyphenation of allow
al-low
- It consists of 2 syllables and 5 letters.
- allow is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
allow synonyms
Meaning let:
Meaning permit:
permit, let, countenance, tolerate
Meaning grant:
Meaning appropriate:
Meaning leave:
Meaning admit:
Meaning give official permission for or approval to (an undertaking or agent):
Meaning give official permission or approval for (an action):
Meaning grant a licence to:
Meaning give (someone) the authority or power to do something:
Meaning give (someone) the authority or means to do something; make it possible for:
Meaning give (someone) a legal right or a just claim to receive or do something:
Meaning officially recognize or establish (someone) as a practitioner of a particular profession or activity:
Meaning allow (someone) to do something:
Meaning a small stream:
Meaning make (something that was previously illegal) permissible by law:
Meaning make legitimate or lawful:
Meaning make lawful or justify:
Meaning give approval to:
Meaning accept or admit the existence or truth of:
Meaning acknowledge the existence, validity, or legality of:
Meaning say that one will do something which has been suggested by another person:
Meaning consent to receive or undertake (something offered):
Meaning admit or agree that something is true after first denying or resisting it:
Meaning admit or acknowledge that something is the case or that one feels a certain way:
Meaning acknowledge something reluctantly, typically because one feels slightly ashamed or embarrassed:
Meaning agree to a demand, request, or treaty:
allow antonyms
Meaning keep (something) from happening:
Meaning refuse to allow (something):
Meaning state that one refuses to admit the truth or existence of:
Translation of allow
- French: permettre, autoriser
- Spanish: permitir, aprobar, autorizar, dejar, conceder, asentir, considerar, calcular, descontar, admitir, tolerar, reservar, destinar
- Italian: lasciare, permettere, autorizzare, volere, acconsentire, tollerare, concedere, considerare, calcolare, scontare, consentire, ammettere, riservare, destinare, accantonare
- German: erlauben