allow

IPA: ʌɫˈaʊ

verb

  • (ditransitive) To grant, give, admit, accord, afford, or yield; to let one have.
  • (transitive, catenative) To enable; to permit; to grant license to; to consent to.
  • To not bar or obstruct.
  • (transitive) To acknowledge; to accept as true; to concede; to accede to an opinion.
  • (transitive) To grant (something) as a deduction or an addition; especially to abate or deduct.
  • (transitive) To take into account by making an allowance.
  • (transitive) To render physically possible.
  • (transitive, obsolete) To praise; to approve of; hence, to sanction.
  • (obsolete) To sanction; to invest; to entrust.
  • (transitive, obsolete) To like; to be suited or pleased with.
  • (law, transitive) To decide (a request) in favour of the party who raised it; to grant victory to a party regarding (a request).
  • (transitive, MTE, MLE) To forgo bothering with, to let slide.
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