Allow

Quick meaning: Allow is a verb meaning (ditransitive) To let one have as a suitable share of something.

Meaning

(ditransitive) To let one have as a suitable share of something.

More Meanings

1. (transitive, catenative) To permit, to give permission to.
2. To not bar or obstruct.
3. (transitive) To grant (something) as a deduction or an addition; especially to abate or deduct.
4. (transitive) To make an allowance, to take into account when making plans.
5. (transitive) To render physically possible.
6. (transitive, obsolete) To praise; to approve of; hence, to sanction.
7. (transitive) To acknowledge, accept the truth of; to concede; to accede to an opinion; to say something one agrees on in the context of a larger disagreement or reluctance.

Example Sentences

I will allow my son to be absent.

Smoking (is) allowed only in designated areas.

to allow a right; to allow a claim; to allow an appeal

to allow a servant his liberty; to allow a free passage; to allow one day for rest

Word Forms

• allows
• allowing
• allowed
• allowest
• allowedst
• alloweth

Synonyms for allow

Depending on context, synonyms include grant, admit, afford, yield, give, permit.

Antonyms for allow

Common opposites include ban, forbid, prohibit, refuse, keep, prevent.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include admit, permit, grant, appropriate, reserve, set aside.

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