allow
If you allow your best friend to read your diary, it means you’ve given him permission to do it.
The verb allow means to let someone do something. You can allow casually, like when you allow your friend to bite off a few pieces from your candy necklace, or more officially, as when a city government decides to allow dogs to be brought into restaurants. Allow can also be used to mean “admit the truth of,” so you could say, “Fine, I’ll allow that dogs aren’t any dirtier than many people, but it’s still strange seeing them in restaurants.”
make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen
allow the presence of or allow (an activity) without opposing or prohibiting
“We don’t
allow dogs here”-
type of:
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countenance, let, permitconsent to, give permission
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countenance, let, permit
consent to, give permission
“I cannot
allow you to see your exam”-
synonyms:
countenance, let, permit-
grantlet have
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types:
- show 30 types…
- hide 30 types…
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abide, bear, brook, digest, endure, put up, stand, stick out, stomach, suffer, support, tolerateput up with something or somebody unpleasant
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furloughgrant a leave to
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giveallow to have or take
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permit, tolerateallow the presence of or allow (an activity) without opposing or prohibiting
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authorise, authorize, clear, passgrant authorization or clearance for
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admit, include, let inallow participation in or the right to be part of; permit to exercise the rights, functions, and responsibilities of
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favor, favour, privilegebestow a privilege upon
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decriminalise, decriminalize, legalise, legalize, legitimate, legitimatise, legitimatize, legitimise, legitimizemake legal
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trustallow without fear
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admit, allow in, intromit, let inallow to enter; grant entry to
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accept, live with, swallowtolerate or accommodate oneself to
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hold still for, stand fortolerate or bear
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bear upendure cheerfully
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take lying downsuffer without protest; suffer or endure passively
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take a jokelisten to a joke at one’s own expense
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sit outendure to the end
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paybear (a cost or penalty), in recompense for some action
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approbateapprove or sanction officially
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certificateauthorize by certificate
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O.K., approve, okay, sanctiongive sanction to
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induct, initiateaccept people into an exclusive society or group, usually with some rite
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readmitadmit again or anew
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declareauthorize payments of
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certify, licence, licenseauthorize officially
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commissioncharge with a task
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formalise, formalize, validatedeclare or make legally valid
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monetise, monetizegive legal value to or establish as the legal tender of a country
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repatriateadmit back into the country
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readmitadmit anew
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involveengage as a participant
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grant
let have
“Mandela was
allowed few visitors in prison”-
synonyms:
grant-
countenance, let, permitconsent to, give permission
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countenance, let, permit
make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remain
afford possibility
allow or plan for a certain possibility; concede the truth or validity of something
“I
allow for this possibility”-
synonyms:
take into accountgive or assign a resource to a particular person or cause
allow the other (baseball) team to score
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synonyms:
give upgrant as a discount or in exchange
“The camera store owner
allowed me $50 on my old camera”-
type of:
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discountgive a reduction in price on
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discount