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21allow — verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French aluer, alouer to place, apportion, allow, from Middle French allocare more at allocate Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. a. to assign as a share or suitable amount (as of time or money) …
22allow — 01. Her parents didn t [allow] her to stay out after midnight until she was 18 years old. 02. My children receive $7 a week as an [allowance], which they use for entertainment. 03. Use of a car is an [allowable] expense for the self employed on… …
23allow — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. grant, permit; concede; tolerate, suffer, let. See disclosure, consent, permission. Ant., prohibit, forbid. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To permit an action] Syn. permit, let, sanction, grant, consent to,… …
24allow of — al ˈlow ˌof [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they allow of he/she/it allows of present participle allowing of …
25allow of — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms allow of : present tense I/you/we/they allow of he/she/it allows of present participle allowing of past tense allowed of past participle allowed of formal allow of something to show that something is possible… …
26allow*/*/*/ — [əˈlaʊ] verb [T] 1) to give someone permission to do something or have something I m sorry, sir, but smoking is not allowed.[/ex] She only allows the children to watch television at weekends.[/ex] Some prisoners are allowed visitors.[/ex] 2) to… …
27allow — verb /əˈlaʊ/ a) To grant, give, admit, accord, afford, or yield; to let one have. To allow a servant his liberty b) To acknowledge; to accept as true; to concede; to accede to an opinion. To allow a free passage Syn: allot, assign, bestow …
28allow — See admit, allow See allow, permit …
29allow — verb Allow is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑approach, ↑authority, ↑bill, ↑circumstance, ↑constitution, ↑deal, ↑design, ↑facility, ↑feature, ↑judge, ↑law, ↑ …
30allow — verb 1》 let (someone) have or do something. ↘admit as legal or acceptable. 2》 (often allow for) take into consideration when making plans or calculations. ↘(allow for) make provision or provide scope for. ↘provide or set aside for a… …
