Definition
Meaning of 'allow'
Meaning of 'allow' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Allow 
[ v. i.]
- To admit; to concede; to make allowance or abatement. [ v. i.]2. Allow [ v. t.]
- To praise; to approve of; hence, to sanction. [ v. t.]- 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]
[ v]Meaning (1):
- allow the other (baseball) team to score
- allow the other (baseball) team to score
Example in sentence:
- give up a run
Meaning (2):
- let have
- let have
Example in sentence:
- grant permission;
- Mandela was allowed few visitors in prison
Meaning (3):
- allow or plan for a certain possibility; concede the truth or validity of something
- 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 (4):
- give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause
- 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 (5):
- consent to, give permission
- 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 (6):
- grant as a discount or in exchange
- grant as a discount or in exchange
Example in sentence:
- The camera store owner allowed me $50 on my old camera
Meaning (7):
- make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remain
- 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 (8):
- make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen
- 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 (9):
- afford possibility
- afford possibility
Example in sentence:
- This problem admits of no solution;
- This short story allows of several different interpretations
Meaning (10):
- allow the presence of or allow (an activity) without opposing or prohibiting
- 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
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