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Synonyms for allow
əˈlaʊal·low
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Wiktionary
allowverb
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tolerate, assign, admit, permit, concede, let, bestow, allot, sufferallowverb
To grant, give, admit, accord, afford, or yield; to let one have.
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admit, tolerate, allot, assign, permit, suffer, concede, bestow, letallowverb
To acknowledge; to accept as true; to concede; to accede to an opinion.
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let, concede, allot, suffer, bestow, permit, tolerate, assign, admitallowverb
To grant (something) as a deduction or an addition; especially to abate or deduct;
To allow a sum for leakage.
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permit, bestow, concede, tolerate, suffer, assign, admit, let, allotallowverb
To grant license to; to permit; to consent to.
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let, concede, tolerate, allot, suffer, bestow, permit, admit, assignallowverb
To not bar or obstruct.
Although I don't consent to their holding such meetings, I will allow them for the time being.
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allot, admit, assign, let, tolerate, suffer, bestow, concede, permitallowverb
To acknowledge or concede.
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admit, suffer, tolerate, assign, bestow, concede, let, allot, permitallowverb
To take into account by making an allowance.
When calculating a budget for a construction project, always allow for contingencies.
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assign, suffer, bestow, concede, permit, let, tolerate, admit, allotallowverb
To render physically possible
Synonyms:
concede, allot, suffer, bestow, assign, let, permit, tolerate, admit
English Synonyms and Antonyms
allow
We allow that which we do not attempt to hinder; we permit that to which we give some express authorization. When this is given verbally it is called permission; when in writing it is commonly called a permit. There are establishments that any one will be allowed to visit without challenge or hindrance; there are others that no one is allowed to visit without a permit from the manager; there are others to which visitors are admitted at specified times, without a formal permit. We allow a child's innocent intrusion; we concede a right; grant a request; consent to a sale of property; permit an inspection of accounts; sanction a marriage; tolerate the rudeness of a well-meaning servant; submit to a surgical operation; yield to a demand or necessity against our wish or will, or yield something under compulsion; as, the sheriff yielded the keys at the muzzle of a revolver, and allowed the mob to enter. Suffer, in the sense of mild concession, is now becoming rare, its place being taken by allow, permit, or tolerate. Compare PERMISSION.
See also synonyms for PROHIBIT.
Synonyms:
admit, concede, consent to, grant, let, permit, sanction, suffer, tolerate, yieldAntonyms:
deny, disallow, disapprove, forbid, protest, refuse, reject, resist, withstandPreposition:
To allow of (in best recent usage, simply to allow) such an action; allow one in such a course; allow for spending-money.
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
Princeton's WordNet
let, allow, permitverb
make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen
"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"
Synonyms:
rent, admit, have, grant, set aside, appropriate, let, tolerate, give up, reserve, get, countenance, permit, provide, leave, take into account, lease, allow for, earmarkAntonyms:
disallow, nix, refuse, deny, proscribe, prohibit, veto, forbid, interdictpermit, allow, let, countenanceverb
consent to, give permission
"She permitted her son to visit her estranged husband"; "I won't let the police search her basement"; "I cannot allow you to see your exam"
Synonyms:
rent, admit, have, grant, set aside, appropriate, let, give up, reserve, tolerate, countenance, permit, provide, get, leave, take into account, lease, allow for, earmarkAntonyms:
proscribe, refuse, interdict, deny, nix, disallow, veto, forbid, prohibitallow, grantverb
let have
"grant permission"; "Mandela was allowed few visitors in prison"
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admit, grant, set aside, accord, appropriate, deed over, give, yield, let, cede, award, give up, reserve, tolerate, countenance, permit, concede, provide, allot, leave, take into account, allow for, earmarkAntonyms:
refuse, deny, proscribe, nix, interdict, forbid, disallow, prohibit, vetoallow, appropriate, earmark, set aside, reserveverb
give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause
"I will earmark this money for your research"; "She sets aside time for meditation every day"
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admit, grant, set aside, capture, appropriate, suspend, hold, let, book, give up, reserve, tolerate, countenance, permit, provide, leave, conquer, take into account, seize, allow for, earmarkAntonyms:
refuse, deny, prohibit, veto, proscribe, nix, forbid, disallow, interdictleave, allow for, allow, provideverb
make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remain
"This leaves no room for improvement"; "The evidence allows only one conclusion"; "allow for mistakes"; "leave lots of time for the trip"; "This procedure provides for lots of leeway"
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let, go out, earmark, tolerate, go away, impart, cater, pass on, give, lead, go forth, result, furnish, admit, countenance, pull up stakes, offer, will, bequeath, reserve, put up, take into account, leave behind, give up, grant, leave alone, forget, set aside, get out, supply, render, provide, depart, allow for, leave, appropriate, exit, bring home the bacon, entrust, permit, plyAntonyms:
prohibit, disallow, proscribe, refuse, deny, forbid, interdict, nix, vetoallow, take into accountverb
allow or plan for a certain possibility; concede the truth or validity of something
"I allow for this possibility"; "The seamstress planned for 5% shrinkage after the first wash"
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permit, give up, admit, provide, countenance, allow for, tolerate, let, grant, set aside, appropriate, earmark, reserve, leave, take into accountAntonyms:
forbid, veto, interdict, proscribe, disallow, prohibit, deny, refuse, nixadmit, allowverb
afford possibility
"This problem admits of no solution"; "This short story allows of several different interpretations"
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admit, provide, grant, set aside, intromit, earmark, let in, appropriate, take on, hold, let, allow for, include, give up, take into account, reserve, tolerate, countenance, permit, take, leave, accept, accommodate, acknowledge, allow inAntonyms:
veto, interdict, proscribe, prohibit, nix, forbid, disallow, deny, refusegive up, allowverb
allow the other (baseball) team to score
"give up a run"
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let, spare, earmark, abandon, forfeit, vacate, release, give up, resign, forgo, kick, throw in, admit, surrender, part with, fall by the wayside, lay off, waive, throw overboard, reserve, take into account, dispense with, cede, grant, countenance, stop, set aside, relinquish, throw in the towel, deliver, allow for, cease, chuck up the sponge, renounce, leave, discontinue, appropriate, drop out, free, provide, drop by the wayside, permit, tolerate, forego, quitAntonyms:
interdict, deny, proscribe, nix, refuse, disallow, veto, forbid, prohibitallowverb
grant as a discount or in exchange
"The camera store owner allowed me $50 on my old camera"
Synonyms:
permit, give up, admit, provide, countenance, allow for, tolerate, let, grant, set aside, appropriate, earmark, reserve, leave, take into accountAntonyms:
prohibit, forbid, veto, refuse, deny, disallow, nix, proscribe, interdictallow, permit, tolerateverb
allow the presence of or allow (an activity) without opposing or prohibiting
"We don't allow dogs here"; "Children are not permitted beyond this point"; "We cannot tolerate smoking in the hospital"
Synonyms:
admit, put up, grant, set aside, stand, appropriate, abide, support, let, digest, suffer, brook, bear, give up, stick out, reserve, tolerate, countenance, permit, provide, endure, leave, stomach, take into account, allow for, earmarkAntonyms:
nix, interdict, deny, disallow, refuse, prohibit, forbid, proscribe, veto
Dictionary of English Synonymes
allowverb
Synonyms:
admit, acknowledge, confess, own, concede, take for grantedallowverb
Synonyms:
permit, let, authorize, grant leave to, give permission toallowverb
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suffer, tolerate, endure, bear, put up with, bear withallowverb
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grant, give, yield, relinquish, spareallowverb
allowverb
allowverb
Synonyms:
make allowance or provision
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
allowverb
Synonyms:
permit, consent to, tolerate, suffer, endure
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How to use allow in a sentence?
Students had me in tears. We're talking about crops dying in the fields, and then fires burning the crops, and then a flood washing the fields away, the rage that I felt then led me to go,' right there's an election coming up. We can't allow this government another three years to allow our children's future to burn.'.
The CCP can not allow prices to collapse.
We did not get an era of peace. We got three wars. We're not going to allow that to happen to our east.
I am not sure we will ever achieve closure, it is something that will be with us for the rest of our lives. But the legal side wrapping up will allow people to come to a bit more peace with the situation.
It is unconscionable to subject Gun Owners of America constitutionally protected rights to the whimsical ‘ health ’ concerns of anti-gun politicians and bureaucrats, congress can never allow these failed gun laws to harm American gun owners again.
Translations for allow
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- أذن, سمح ب, سمحArabic
- дазволіць, дазваляцьBelarusian
- признавам, позволявам, допускам, давам, разрешавамBulgarian
- deixarCatalan, Valencian
- dovolit, povolitCzech
- tillade, acceptereDanish
- akzeptieren, erlauben, zulassen, einberechnenGerman
- παρέχω, παραδέχομαι, αφήνω, παραχωρώ, χορηγώ, επιτρέπω, αναγνωρίζωGreek
- permitir, dejar, concederSpanish
- lubamaEstonian
- varata, hyväksyä, varautua, sallia, myöntää, antaa lupa, tehdä varaus, antaa alennusFinnish
- laisser, accorder, permettreFrench
- lig, leomh, ceadaigh, lamháilIrish
- leig leScottish Gaelic
- deixarGalician
- अनुमतिHindi
- pèmètHaitian Creole
- enged, elfogad, hagy, megenged, engedélyezHungarian
- թույլ տալArmenian
- grantarIdo
- permettere, lasciare, concedereItalian
- 許すJapanese
- អនុញ្ញាតKhmer
- 허락Korean
- patior, permitto, immitto, praetermittoLatin
- ļautLatvian
- дозволуваMacedonian
- membenarkanMalay
- laten doenDutch
- pozwolić, przyznać, wziąć pod uwagęPolish
- aceitar, considerar, permitir, deixarPortuguese
- lăsa, acorda, permite, îngădui, admiteRomanian
- учесть, позволить, разрешать, позволять, разрешить, [[принимать]] [[в, [[принять]] [[в, учитывать, допускать, допустить, признавать, признатьRussian
- lassare, lassaiSardinian
- дозволити, dozvolitiSerbo-Croatian
- dovoliť, povoliťSlovak
- dovolitiSlovene
- idhinishaSwahili
- дозволити, дозволятиUkrainian
- leyî, laireWalloon
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