- To admit; to concede; to make allowance or abatement.
2 . Allow
[ v. t.]
- To praise; to approve of; hence, to sanction. - To like; to be suited or pleased with. - To sanction; to invest; to intrust. - 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. - 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. - To grant (something) as a deduction or an addition; esp.
to abate or deduct; as, to allow a sum for leakage. - To grant license to; to permit; to consent to; as, to
allow a son to be absent.
Meaning of 'Allow' (Princeton's WordNet)
1 . allow
[ v]
Meaning (1): - make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remain
Example in sentence:
allow for mistakes;
leave lots of time for the trip;
The evidence allows only one conclusion;
This leaves no room for improvement;
This procedure provides for lots of leeway
Meaning (2): - allow the presence of or allow (an activity) without opposing or prohibiting
Example in sentence:
Children are not permitted beyond this point;
We cannot tolerate smoking in the hospital;
We don't allow dogs here
Meaning (3): - allow the other (baseball) team to score
Example in sentence:
give up a run
Meaning (4): - let have
Example in sentence:
grant permission;
Mandela was allowed few visitors in prison
Meaning (5): - allow or plan for a certain possibility; concede the truth or validity of something
Example in sentence:
I allow for this possibility;
The seamstress planned for 5% shrinkage after the first wash
Meaning (6): - consent to, give permission
Example in sentence:
I cannot allow you to see your exam;
I won't let the police search her basement;
She permitted her son to visit her estranged husband
Meaning (7): - give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause
Example in sentence:
I will earmark this money for your research;
She sets aside time for meditation every day
Meaning (8): - grant as a discount or in exchange
Example in sentence:
The camera store owner allowed me $50 on my old camera
Meaning (9): - make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen
Example in sentence:
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
Meaning (10): - afford possibility
Example in sentence:
This problem admits of no solution;
This short story allows of several different interpretations
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