Allow
[ə'laʊ]
Definition
(verb.) 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'.
(verb.) 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' .
(verb.) 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'.
(verb.) let have; 'grant permission'; 'Mandela was allowed few visitors in prison'.
(verb.) grant as a discount or in exchange; 'The camera store owner allowed me $50 on my old camera'.
Checked by Blanchard--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To praise; to approve of; hence, to sanction.
(v. t.) To like; to be suited or pleased with.
(v. t.) To sanction; to invest; to intrust.
(v. t.) To grant, give, admit, accord, afford, or yield; to let one have; as, to allow a servant his liberty; to allow a free passage; to allow one day for rest.
(v. t.) To own or acknowledge; to accept as true; to concede; to accede to an opinion; as, to allow a right; to allow a claim; to allow the truth of a proposition.
(v. t.) To grant (something) as a deduction or an addition; esp. to abate or deduct; as, to allow a sum for leakage.
(v. t.) To grant license to; to permit; to consent to; as, to allow a son to be absent.
(v. i.) To admit; to concede; to make allowance or abatement.
Typist: Moira
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Admit, acknowledge, confess, own, concede, take for granted.[2]. Permit, let, authorize, grant leave to, give permission to.[3]. Suffer, tolerate, endure, bear, put up with, bear with.[4]. Grant, give, yield, relinquish, spare.[5]. Approve, sanction, justify.[6]. Remit, abate, bate, deduct.
v. n. Make allowance or provision.
Edited by Ben
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Concede, apportion, allot, assign, afford, tolerate, authorize, grant, remit,recognize, acknowledge, avow, confess, admit, permit, suffer, sanction, yield
ANT:Withhold, withdraw, resume, refuse, deny, disallow, repudiate, protest,Withstand, resist, disapprove, reject
Typed by Konrad
Definition
v.t. to grant: to permit: to acknowledge: to abate: make allowance for: (obs.) invest entrust: assert say (coll. in U.S.).—adj. Allow′able that may be allowed: not forbidden: lawful.—n. Allow′ableness.—adv. Allow′ably.—n. Allow′ance that which is allowed: a limited portion of anything: a stated quantity—of money &c. to meet expenses: abatement: approbation: permission.—v.t. to put any one upon an allowance: to supply anything in limited quantities.—To make allowance for to take excusing circumstances into account.
Edited by Kelsey
Examples
- I can't allow people in my way. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- My--hum--conscience would not allow it. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- A cocoanut shell always has a soft spot at one end because this is the provision nature has made to allow the embryo of the future tree to push its way out of the hard shell. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- You must therefore allow me to follow the dictates of my conscience on this occasion, which leads me to perform what I look on as a point of duty. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- But instead of narrowing the scope of politics, to avoid it, the only sensible thing to do is to invent methods which will allow needs and problems and group interests avenues into politics. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- But I don't allow anybody to ride over that turf. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Do not allow a trivial misunderstanding to wither the blossoms of spring, which, once put forth and blighted, cannot be renewed. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- She had provided a plentiful dinner for them; she wished she could know that they had been allowed to eat it. Jane Austen. Emma.
- At length, Mr Boffin entreated to be allowed a quarter of an hour's grace, and a cooling walk of that duration in the yard. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Old New York scrupulously observed the etiquette of hospitality, and no discussion with a guest was ever allowed to degenerate into a disagreement. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- With a man on each side holding these ropes, the mule was released from his other bindings and allowed to rise. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Such misrepresentations cannot be allowed by us. Plato. The Republic.
- I received a prompt letter in reply decidedly disapproving my proposition, and urging that the lad should be allowed to accompany me. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- This letter I had wisely allowed to reach its destination, feeling at the time that it could do no harm, and might do good. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- After a moment she spoke once more, but without turning round, without allowing me to catch the smallest glimpse of her face. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Make the best of it, my dear sir, said Stryver; say no more about it; thank you again for allowing me to sound you; good night! Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Carez, a printer of Toul, who, in 1791, endeavoured to obtain casts in lead from a page of type, by allowing it to drop on the fused metal when it was in a state of setting. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- But allowing the colony security to be perfectly good, ?100, payable fifteen years hence, for example, in a country where interest is at six per cent. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The Japanese produce them by fastening a piece of mother-of-pearl in the shells of the pearl-oyster and allowing it to remain there for a number of years. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- They talked about art in a merely sensuous way, dwelling on outside effects, instead of allowing themselves to learn what it has to teach. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- How many there are I did not ask; but I could not think of allowing them to pillage the house, as it were. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Indeed throughout the Republic he allows the lower ranks to fade into the distance. Plato. The Republic.
- The freedom of choice which this allows him, is therefore much greater, and the difficulty of his task much more diminished, than at first appears. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Wherever the law allows it, and the nature of the work can afford it, therefore, he will generally prefer the service of slaves to that of freemen. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- They are called wives, though I believe the Koran only allows four genuine wives--the rest are concubines. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Fire melts ore and allows of the forging of iron, as in the blacksmith's shop, and of the fashioning of innumerable objects serviceable to man. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- I have told him the whole story of our becoming acquainted, and he allows me to walk with you. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Its function is like that of a hinge, which allows the diaphragm to freely swing inward. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
Typist: Ralph