allow
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
allow/əˈlaʊ/
▶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 purpose.
- 3 admit the truth of.
– derivatives
allowable adjective,
allowably adverb,
allowedly adverb.
allowable adjective,
allowably adverb,
allowedly adverb.
– origin ME: from OFr. alouer, from L. allaudare ‘to praise’, reinforced by med. L. allocare (see allocate).
'allow' also found in these Oxford entries:
admit
- alveolus
- anneal
- anthropic principle
- asset
- associate
- autoharp
- bait
- bellows
- bleed
- blood
- bolt
- borrow
- breather
- brook
- budget
- bypass
- calibrate
- Chapter 11
- clique
- companion
- conceal
- connive
- correct
- correction
- customs union
- cut-out
- decompression chamber
- defibrillation
- diffusivity
- discharge
- disclose
- dismiss
- donate
- draw
- dribble
- dry dock
- ear-piercing
- encapsulate
- endless
- excuse
- farm
- find
- fine
- fledge
- forbid
- get
- gift
- grant
