allow
/əˈlaʊ/
To permit, to give permission to; To let one have as a suitable share of something; To present something as possible or reasonable; To not bar or obstruct
- he/she/it
- allows
- past
- allowed
- past participle
- allowed
Meanings
- 1
To permit, to give permission to
Please allow me to go.
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Allow me to help you.
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- 2
To let one have as a suitable share of something
- 3
To present something as possible or reasonable
- 4
To not bar or obstruct
- 5
To acknowledge, accept the truth of; to concede; to accede to an opinion; to say something one agrees on in the context of a larger disagreement or reluctance
- 6
To make an allowance, to take into account when making plans
- 7
To grant (something) as a deduction or an addition; especially to abate or deductrare
- 8
To render physically possiblerare
- 9
To praise; to approve of; hence, to sanctionrare
- 10
To sanction; to invest; to entrustrare