Allow Meaning and Definition


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What is the definition Allow? What is its meaning in the dictionary? How to pronounce? Example sentences, Derivations, Words starting with Allow, Synonyms, Words ending with Allow, Related sentences, Antonyms and more...

Allow meaning

Word: Allow

How to pronounce: əˈlaʊ

Transitive verb

Definitions:

1. Give (someone) permission to do something.

Example sentences: "The dissident was allowed to leave the country"

2. Give the necessary time or opportunity for.

Example sentences: "They agreed to a ceasefire to allow talks with the government"

3. Admit the truth of; concede.

Example sentences: "He allowed that the penalty appeared too harsh for the crime"


Synonyms:

permit

enable

allow to

resolve

settle

empower

authorise

authorize

assume

suppose

imagine

give

provide

propose

bestow

concede

agree

let

tolerate

acknowledge

allow for

admit

suffer

to

grant

have

hold

appropriate

reserve

allot

allocate

countenance


Antonyms:

help

prevent

encourage

avoid

prohibit

promote

forbid

contribute

eliminate

exclude

rule out

forestall

detain

rebuke

ban

prohibition


Derivations:

allowing

allowable

allowance


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Allow in Other Languages...

Spanish: Permitir

German: Erlauben

French: Permettre

Italian: Permettere

Turkish: Vermek


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