allow

Verb

Meaning

To praise; to approve of; hence, to sanction.

To like; to be suited or pleased with.

To sanction; to invest; to intrust.

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.

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.

To grant (something) as a deduction or an addition; esp. to abate or deduct; as, to allow a sum for leakage.

To grant license to; to permit; to consent to; as, to allow a son to be absent.

To admit; to concede; to make allowance or abatement.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

permit admit tolerate let grant suffer concede yield consent countenance license enable afford approve assign
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Antonyms

ban deny prohibit forbid disallow burke
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Hypernyms

give figure accept portion let estimate

Hyponyms

brook include support give clear bear

Related terms

allowance disallow

Phrases with the word

not allow allow access to allow to go allow entrance allow entry allow into

Derivatives

allowed allowing

Examples

God does not allow a trial unless something good comes out of it... God allows everything for our good. Paisios of Mount Athos

Be sure to guard in your heart the joy of the Holy Spirit, and do not allow the evil one to pour out his bitterness. Beware! Beware, lest the Paradise that exists in you turns into Hell. Nectarios of Aegina

Do not allow sins to get beyond creeping. Hawaiian Proverb

Don't allow the grass to grow on the path of friendship. American Proverb

Do not allow the Gypsies to lure you out behind the furnace. Lower Austria Proverb

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Close letter words and terms

alloverish alloverishness alloverness allow access allow access to allow admission to