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Allow

/əˈlaʊ/

To grant, give, admit, accord, afford, or yield; to let one have.

📖 Definitions of "Allow"

verb
  1. 1

    To grant, give, admit, accord, afford, or yield; to let one have.

    "to allow a servant his liberty;  to allow a free passage;  to allow one day for rest"

  2. 2

    To acknowledge; to accept as true; to concede; to accede to an opinion.

    "to allow a right;  to allow a claim;  to allow the truth of a proposition"

  3. 3

    To grant (something) as a deduction or an addition; especially to abate or deduct.

    "To allow a sum for leakage."

  4. 4

    To grant license to; to permit; to consent to.

    "Smoking allowed only in designated areas."

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