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===Pronunciation===
===Pronunciation===
* {{enPR|ə-lou'}}, {{IPA|en|/əˈlaʊ/}}
* {{enPR|ə-lou'}}, {{IPA|en|/əˈlaʊ/}}
* {{audio|en|en-us-allow.ogg|Audio (US)}}
* {{audio|en|en-us-allow.ogg|a=US}}
* {{audio|en|En-uk-to allow.ogg|Audio (UK)}}
* {{audio|en|En-uk-to allow.ogg|a=UK|text=to allow}}
* {{rhymes|en|aʊ|s=2}}
* {{rhymes|en|aʊ|s=2}}


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{{en-verb}}
{{en-verb}}


# {{lb|en|ditransitive}} To [[grant]], [[give]], [[admit]], [[accord]], [[afford]], or [[yield]]; to let one have.
# {{lb|en|ditransitive}} To let one have as a [[suitable]] [[share]] of something.
#: {{ux|en|to '''allow''' a servant his liberty;  to '''allow''' a free passage;  to '''allow''' one day for rest}}
#: {{co|en|to '''allow''' a servant his liberty;  to '''allow''' a free passage;  to '''allow''' one day for rest}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2004|author=Constance, transl. Garnett|by=w:Anton Chekhov|chapter={{w|Ariadne (short story)|Ariadne}}|title=The Darling: and Other Stories|origyear=1895|passage={{...}} he needed a great deal of money, but his uncle only '''allowed''' him two thousand roubles a year, which was not enough, and for days together he would run about Moscow with his tongue out, as the saying is.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2004|author=Constance, transl. Garnett|by=w:Anton Chekhov|chapter={{w|Ariadne (short story)|Ariadne}}|title=The Darling: and Other Stories|origyear=1895|passage={{...}} he needed a great deal of money, but his uncle only '''allowed''' him two thousand roubles a year, which was not enough, and for days together he would run about Moscow with his tongue out, as the saying is.}}
# {{lb|en|transitive|catenative}} To [[enable]]; to [[permit]]; to grant [[license]] to; to [[consent]] to.
# {{lb|en|transitive|catenative}} To [[permit]], to give [[permission]] to.
#: {{ux|en|I will '''allow''' my son to be absent.}}
#: {{ux|en|I will '''allow''' my son to be absent.}}
#* {{RQ:Schuster Hepaticae|volume=V|page=vii|text=With fresh material, taxonomic conclusions are leavened by recognition that the material examined reflects the site it occupied; a herbarium packet gives one only a small fraction of the data desirable for sound conclusions. Herbarium material does not, indeed, '''allow''' one to extrapolate safely: what you see is what you get{{...}}}}
#* {{RQ:Schuster Hepaticae|volume=V|page=vii|text=With fresh material, taxonomic conclusions are leavened by recognition that the material examined reflects the site it occupied; a herbarium packet gives one only a small fraction of the data desirable for sound conclusions. Herbarium material does not, indeed, '''allow''' one to extrapolate safely: what you see is what you get{{...}}}}
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|title=[http://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/jul/01/how-algorithms-rule-world-nsa How algorithms rule the world]
|title=[http://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/jul/01/how-algorithms-rule-world-nsa How algorithms rule the world]
|passage=The use of algorithms in policing is one example of their increasing influence on our lives. And, as their ubiquity spreads, so too does the debate around whether we should '''allow''' ourselves to become so reliant on them – and who, if anyone, is policing their use.}}
|passage=The use of algorithms in policing is one example of their increasing influence on our lives. And, as their ubiquity spreads, so too does the debate around whether we should '''allow''' ourselves to become so reliant on them – and who, if anyone, is policing their use.}}
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[acknowledge]]; to [[accept]] as true; to [[concede]]; to [[accede]] to an opinion.
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[acknowledge]], [[accept]] the truth of; to [[concede]]; to [[accede]] to an opinion.
#: {{ux|en|to '''allow''' a right;  to '''allow''' a claim; to '''allow''' an [[appeal]]  to '''allow''' the truth of a proposition}}
#: {{co|en|to '''allow''' a right;  to '''allow''' a claim; to '''allow''' an [[appeal]]}}
#: {{ux|en|You must '''allow''' that disagreeing about politics puts a strain on a relationship.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1815|author=w:Jane Austen|title=[[w:Emma (novel)|Emma]]|volume=1|chapter=5|passage=Mr. Knightley, I shall not '''allow''' you to be a fair judge in this case.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1815|author=w:Jane Austen|title=[[w:Emma (novel)|Emma]]|volume=1|chapter=5|passage=Mr. Knightley, I shall not '''allow''' you to be a fair judge in this case.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1855|author=w:William Makepeace Thackeray|title=w:The Newcomes|passage=I '''allow''', with Mrs. Grundy and most moralists, that Miss Newcome's conduct{{...}}was highly reprehensible.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1855|author=w:William Makepeace Thackeray|title=w:The Newcomes|passage=I '''allow''', with Mrs. Grundy and most moralists, that Miss Newcome's conduct{{...}}was highly reprehensible.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2000|author=[[w:George R. R. Martin|George R[aymond] R[ichard] Martin]]|title=A Storm of Swords|publisher=Bantam|year_published=2011|page=154|passage=Half the night passed before the wench '''allowed''' that it might be safe to stop.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2000|author=[[w:George R. R. Martin|George R[aymond] R[ichard] Martin]]|title=A Storm of Swords|publisher=Bantam|year_published=2011|page=154|passage=Half the night passed before the wench '''allowed''' that it might be safe to stop.}}
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[grant]] (something) as a [[deduction]] or an [[addition]]; especially to [[abate]] or [[deduct]].
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[grant]] (something) as a [[deduction]] or an [[addition]]; especially to [[abate]] or [[deduct]].
#: {{ux|en|To '''allow''' a sum for leakage.}}
#: {{co|en|to '''allow''' a sum for leakage}}
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To take into [[account]] by making an [[allowance]].
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To make an [[allowance]], to take into [[account]] when making plans.
#: {{ux|en|When calculating a budget for a construction project, always '''allow''' for [[contingency|contingencies]].}}
#: {{ux|en|When calculating a budget for a construction project, always '''allow''' for [[contingency|contingencies]].}}
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To render physically [[possible]].
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To render physically [[possible]].
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|page=13 (Technology Quarterly)|magazine=w:The Economist
|page=13 (Technology Quarterly)|magazine=w:The Economist
|title=[http://www.economist.com/news/technology-quarterly/21578516-transport-new-train-technologies-are-less-visible-and-spread-less-quickly Ideas coming down the track]
|title=[http://www.economist.com/news/technology-quarterly/21578516-transport-new-train-technologies-are-less-visible-and-spread-less-quickly Ideas coming down the track]
|passage=A “moving platform” scheme{{...}}is more technologically ambitious than maglev trains even though it relies on conventional rails. Local trains would use side-by-side rails to roll alongside intercity trains and [[allow]] passengers to switch trains by stepping through docking bays.}}
|passage=A “moving platform” scheme{{...}}is more technologically ambitious than maglev trains even though it relies on conventional rails. Local trains would use side-by-side rails to roll alongside intercity trains and '''allow''' passengers to switch trains by stepping through docking bays.}}
# {{lb|en|transitive|obsolete}} To [[praise]]; to approve of; hence, to [[sanction]].
# {{lb|en|transitive|obsolete}} To [[praise]]; to approve of; hence, to [[sanction]].
#* {{RQ:King James Version|book=Luke|chapter=11|verse=48|passage=Truly ye bear witness that ye '''allow''' the deeds of your fathers}}
#* {{RQ:King James Version|book=Luke|chapter=11|verse=48|passage=Truly ye bear witness that ye '''allow''' the deeds of your fathers}}
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#* {{quote-book|en|year=1632|author=w:Philip Massinger; w:Nathan Field|title=w:The Fatal Dowry|section=act 4, scene 1|url=http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/44015|passage=How '''allow''' you the model of these clothes?}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1632|author=w:Philip Massinger; w:Nathan Field|title=w:The Fatal Dowry|section=act 4, scene 1|url=http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/44015|passage=How '''allow''' you the model of these clothes?}}
# {{lb|en|law|transitive}} To decide (a request) in favour of the party who raised it; to grant victory to a party regarding (a request).
# {{lb|en|law|transitive}} To decide (a request) in favour of the party who raised it; to grant victory to a party regarding (a request).
#: ''To '''allow''' an objection,'' to find in favour of the objection and forbid the conduct objected to; ''to '''allow''' an appeal'', to decide the appeal in favour of the appellant (contrast ''grant [[leave]] to appeal,'' to permit an appeal to be heard).
#: {{coi|en|to '''allow''' an objection|to find in favour of the objection and forbid the conduct objected to}}
#: {{coi|en|to '''allow''' an appeal|to decide the appeal in favour of the appellant (contrast ''grant [[leave]] to appeal,'' to permit an appeal to be heard)}}
# {{lb|en|transitive|MTE|MLE}} To [[forgo]] [[bother]]ing with, to [[let slide]].
# {{lb|en|transitive|MTE|MLE}} To [[forgo]] [[bother]]ing with, to [[let slide]].
#* {{quote-song|en|lyricist=Starzzy #MostHated|title=Who's My man?|date=2021-11-03|note=[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etJM7JFpVz4&list=UU_2WoPonjo8MdKOF5VCpr9g&t=30 0:30]|passage=Easy on violence, now I doubt it<br/>I could’ve banged this face but '''allowed''' it}}
#* {{quote-song|en|lyricist=Starzzy #MostHated|title=Who's My man?|date=2021-11-03|note=[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etJM7JFpVz4&list=UU_2WoPonjo8MdKOF5VCpr9g&t=30 0:30]|passage=Easy on violence, now I doubt it<br/>I could’ve banged this face but '''allowed''' it}}
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====Synonyms====
====Synonyms====
* {{sense|let have}} {{l|en|grant}}, {{l|en|admit}}, {{l|en|afford}}, {{l|en|yield}}, {{l|en|give}}, {{l|en|permit}}, {{l|en|allot}}, {{l|en|bestow}}, {{l|en|concede}}
* {{sense|let have}} {{l|en|grant}}, {{l|en|admit}}, {{l|en|afford}}, {{l|en|yield}}, {{l|en|give}}, {{l|en|permit}}, {{l|en|allot}}, {{l|en|bestow}}, {{l|en|concede}}
* {{sense|grant license}} {{l|en|permit}}, {{l|en|consent}}, {{l|en|let}}, {{l|en|concede}}
* {{sense|give permission}} {{l|en|permit}}, {{l|en|let}}, {{l|en|grant [[licence]] to}}, {{l|en|consent}}
* {{sense|not bar or obstruct}} {{l|en|tolerate}}, {{l|en|suffer}}, {{l|en|permit}}, {{l|en|admit}}, {{l|en|concede}}
* {{sense|not bar or obstruct}} {{l|en|tolerate}}, {{l|en|suffer}}, {{l|en|permit}}, {{l|en|admit}}, {{l|en|concede}}
* {{sense|acknowledge the truth of}} {{l|en|concede}}, {{l|en|accede}}, {{l|en|acquiesce}}


====Antonyms====
====Antonyms====
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====Translations====
====Translations====
{{trans-top|to grant, give, admit, accord, afford, or yield; to let one have}}
{{trans-top|to let one have}}
* Afrikaans: {{t+|af|toelaat}}
* Afrikaans: {{t+|af|toelaat}}
* Arabic: {{t+|ar|سَمَحَ}}, {{t|ar|أَذِنَ}}
* Arabic: {{t+|ar|سَمَحَ}}, {{t|ar|أَذِنَ}}
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* Czech: {{t|cs|dovolovat|impf}}, {{t+|cs|dovolit|pf}}, {{t|cs|povolovat|impf}}, {{t+|cs|povolit|pf}}
* Czech: {{t|cs|dovolovat|impf}}, {{t+|cs|dovolit|pf}}, {{t|cs|povolovat|impf}}, {{t+|cs|povolit|pf}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|tillade}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|tillade}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|toelaten}}, {{t+|nl|toestaan}}, {{t-check|nl|[[laten]] [[doen]]}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|toelaten}}, {{t+|nl|toestaan}}
* Estonian: {{t|et|lubama}}
* Estonian: {{t|et|lubama}}
* Faroese: {{t|fo|loyva}}
* Faroese: {{t|fo|loyva}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|sallia}}, {{t+|fi|myöntää}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|sallia}}, {{t+|fi|myöntää}}
* French: {{t+|fr|laisser}}, {{t+|fr|accorder}}, {{t+|fr|accorder}}
* French: {{t+|fr|laisser}}, {{t+|fr|accorder}}
* Friulian: {{t|fur|lassâ}}
* Friulian: {{t|fur|lassâ}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|deixar}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|deixar}}
* Georgian: {{t-needed|ka}}
* Georgian: {{t-needed|ka}}
* German: {{t+|de|erlauben}}, {{t+|de|zulassen}}
* German: {{t+|de|erlauben}}, {{t+|de|gestatten}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|παραχωρώ|sc=Grek}}, {{t+|el|χορηγώ|sc=Grek}}, {{t+|el|παρέχω|sc=Grek}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|παραχωρώ|sc=Grek}}, {{t+|el|χορηγώ|sc=Grek}}, {{t+|el|παρέχω|sc=Grek}}
*: Ancient: {{t|grc|ἐάω}}, {{t|grc|δῐ́δωμῐ}} {{qualifier|in the perfect active δέδωκα}}
*: Ancient: {{t|grc|ἐάω}}, {{t|grc|δῐ́δωμῐ}} {{qualifier|in the perfect active δέδωκα}}
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* Hindi: {{t|hi|इजाज़त देना}}
* Hindi: {{t|hi|इजाज़त देना}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|enged}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|enged}}
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* Icelandic: {{t+|is|leyfa}}
* Ido: {{t+|io|grantar}}
* Ido: {{t+|io|grantar}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|tabhair}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|lasciare}}, {{t+|it|permettere}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|lasciare}}, {{t+|it|permettere}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|許す|tr=ゆるす, yurusu}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|許す|tr=yurusu}}, {{t+|ja|認める|tr=mitomeru}}, {{t+|ja|許可|alt=許可する|tr=kyoka suru}}, {{t+|ja|容認|alt=容認する|tr=yōnin suru}}
* Khmer: {{t+|km|អនុញ្ញាត}}
* Khmer: {{t+|km|អនុញ្ញាត}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|허락하다}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|허락하다}}
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* Mbyá Guaraní: {{t|gun|eja}}
* Mbyá Guaraní: {{t|gun|eja}}
* Norwegian: {{t+|no|tillate}}
* Norwegian: {{t+|no|tillate}}
* Old English: {{t|ang|ālīefan}}
* Old English: {{t|ang|ālīefan}}, {{t|ang|lǣtan}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|اجازه دادن|tr=ejâze dâdan}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|اجازه دادن|tr=ejâze dâdan}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|pozwalać|impf}}, {{t+|pl|pozwolić|pf}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|pozwalać|impf}}, {{t+|pl|pozwolić|pf}}
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* Slovene: {{t|sl|dovoliti}}
* Slovene: {{t|sl|dovoliti}}
* Somali: {{t|so|ogolaasho}}
* Somali: {{t|so|ogolaasho}}
* Sorbian:
*: Upper Sorbian: {{t|hsb|pušćić|pf}}, {{t|hsb|pušćować|impf}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|dejar}}, {{t+|es|permitir}}, {{t+|es|conceder}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|dejar}}, {{t+|es|permitir}}, {{t+|es|conceder}}
* Swahili: {{t|sw|ruhusu|alt=-ruhusu}}, {{t|sw|kubalia|alt=-kubalia}}
* Swahili: {{t+|sw|ruhusu|alt=-ruhusu}}, {{t|sw|kubalia|alt=-kubalia}}
* Tajik: {{t|tg|иҷозат додан}}
* Tajik: {{t|tg|иҷозат додан}}
* Thai: {{t+|th|อนุญาต}}, {{t+|th|ให้}}, {{t+|th|ยอม}}
* Thai: {{t+|th|อนุญาต}}, {{t+|th|ให้}}, {{t+|th|ยอม}}
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* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|дозволя́ти|impf|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t|uk|дозво́лити|pf|sc=Cyrl}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|дозволя́ти|impf|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t|uk|дозво́лити|pf|sc=Cyrl}}
* Urdu: {{t+|ur|اجازت دینا|tr=ijāzat denā}}
* Urdu: {{t+|ur|اجازت دینا|tr=ijāzat denā}}
* Venetian: {{t+|vec|lasar}}
* Venetan: {{t+|vec|lasar}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|cho phép}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|cho phép}}
* Walloon: {{t+|wa|leyî}}, {{t+|wa|laire}}
* Walloon: {{t+|wa|leyî}}, {{t+|wa|laire}}
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{{trans-bottom}}
{{trans-bottom}}


{{trans-top|to acknowledge; to accept as true; to concede; to accede to an opinion}}
{{trans-top|to give permission}}
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* Afrikaans: {{t+|af|aanvaar}}
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* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|признавам}}
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* Danish: {{t+|da|acceptere}}
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* Finnish: {{t+|fi|myöntää}}, {{t+|fi|hyväksyä}}
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* German: {{t+|de|akzeptieren}}
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* Greek: {{t+|el|παραδέχομαι|sc=Grek}}, {{t+|el|αναγνωρίζω|sc=Grek}}
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* Hebrew: {{t|he|הכיר באפשרות|tr=hikír baefsharút}}
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* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|elfogad}}
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* Italian: {{t+|it|concedere}}
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* Malayalam: {{t+|ml|സമ്മതിക്കുക}}
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* Polish: {{t+|pl|przyznać}}
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* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|aceitar}}
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* Russian: {{t+|ru|признава́ть|impf}}, {{t+|ru|призна́ть|pf}}
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* Swahili: {{t|sw|tambua|alt=-tambua}}
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* Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|визнава́ти|impf}}, {{t+|uk|ви́знати|pf}}
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{{trans-bottom}}

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{{trans-top|to take into account as a deduction or an addition}}
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* Finnish: {{t+|fi|varautua}}, {{t|fi|[[tehdä]] [[varaus]]}}
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* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|enged}}
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* Polish: {{t|pl|wziąć pod uwagę}}
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* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|considerar}}
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* Russian: {{t|ru|[[принима́ть]] [[в|во]] [[внима́ние]]|impf}}, {{t|ru|[[приня́ть]] [[в|во]] [[внима́ние]]|pf}}, {{t+|ru|учи́тывать|impf}}, {{t+|ru|уче́сть|pf}}
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* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|врахо́вувати|impf}}, {{t|uk|врахува́ти|pf}}
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{{trans-bottom}}

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{{trans-top|to permit}}
* Afrikaans: {{t+|af|toelaat}}
* Afrikaans: {{t+|af|toelaat}}
* Arabic: {{t+|ar|سمح|alt=سَمَحَ بِـ}}, {{t+|ar|سَمَحَ}}
* Arabic: {{t+|ar|سمح|alt=سَمَحَ بِـ}}, {{t+|ar|سَمَحَ}}
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* Czech: {{t+|cs|dovolit}}, {{t+|cs|povolit}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|dovolit}}, {{t+|cs|povolit}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|tillade}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|tillade}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|toelaten}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|toelaten}}, {{t+|nl|toestaan}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|allasi}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|allasi}}, {{t|eo|permesi}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|sallia}}, {{t|fi|[[antaa]] [[lupa]]}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|sallia}}, {{t|fi|[[antaa]] [[lupa]]}}
* French: {{t+|fr|permettre}}
* French: {{t+|fr|permettre}}
* German: {{t+|de|erlauben}}, {{t+|de|zulassen}}
* German: {{t+|de|erlauben}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|επιτρέπω|sc=Grek}}, {{t+|el|αφήνω|sc=Grek}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|επιτρέπω|sc=Grek}}, {{t+|el|αφήνω|sc=Grek}}
* Haitian Creole: {{t|ht|pèmèt}}
* Haitian Creole: {{t|ht|pèmèt}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|אישר|tr=ishér}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|אישר|tr=ishér}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|engedélyez}}, {{t+|hu|megenged}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|engedélyez}}, {{t+|hu|megenged}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|ceadaigh}}, {{t|ga|lig}}, {{t|ga|leomh}}, {{t|ga|lamháil}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|[[lig]] do}}, {{t|ga|ceadaigh}}, {{t|ga|[[cead]] a thabhairt do}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|permettere}}, {{t+|it|consentire}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|permettere}}, {{t+|it|consentire}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|許す|tr=ゆるす, yurusu}}, {{t+|ja|許可|alt=許可する|tr=きょかする, kyoka suru}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|許す|tr=yurusu}}, {{t+|ja|許可|alt=許可する|tr=kyoka suru}}
* Latin: {{t+|la|patior}}, {{t|la|permitto}}, {{t|la|immitto}}, {{t|la|praetermitto}}, {{t|la|condono}}
* Latin: {{t+|la|sinō}}, {{t+|la|cēdō}}
* Malayalam: {{t+|ml|അനുവദിക്കുക}}
* Malayalam: {{t+|ml|അനുവദിക്കുക}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|tuku}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|tuku}}
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* Russian: {{t+|ru|позволя́ть|impf}}, {{t+|ru|позво́лить|pf}}, {{t+|ru|разреша́ть|impf}}, {{t+|ru|разреши́ть|pf}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|позволя́ть|impf}}, {{t+|ru|позво́лить|pf}}, {{t+|ru|разреша́ть|impf}}, {{t+|ru|разреши́ть|pf}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|leig le}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|leig le}}
* Sorbian:
*: Upper Sorbian: {{t|hsb|pušćić|pf}}, {{t|hsb|pušćować|impf}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|permitir}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|permitir}}
* Swahili: {{t|sw|kubalia|alt=-kubalia}}
* Swahili: {{t|sw|kubalia|alt=-kubalia}}
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{{trans-bottom}}
{{trans-bottom}}


{{trans-top|to let something happen, to admit, to concede}}
{{trans-top|to not bar or obstruct}}
* Afrikaans: {{t+|af|toelaat}}
* Afrikaans: {{t+|af|toelaat}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|позволявам}}, {{t+|bg|допускам}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|позволявам}}, {{t+|bg|допускам}}
* Chinese:
* Chinese:
* Danish: {{t+|da|tillade}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|tillade}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|toestaan}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|sallia}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|sallia}}
* German: {{t+|de|erlauben}}, {{t+|de|zulassen}}, {{t+|de|zugestehen}}, {{t|de|laufen lassen}}
* German: {{t+|de|erlauben}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|παραδέχομαι|sc=Grek}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|παραδέχομαι|sc=Grek}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|אפשר|tr=ifshér}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|אפשר|tr=ifshér}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|enged}}, {{t+|hu|hagy}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|enged}}, {{t+|hu|hagy}}
* Icelandic: {{t+|is|leyfa}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|ceadaigh}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|permettere}}, {{t+|it|concedere}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|permettere}}, {{t+|it|concedere}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|許す|tr=ゆるす, yurusu}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|許す|tr=yurusu}}
* Mandarin: {{t+check|cmn|讓|sc=Hani}} {{t+check|cmn|让|tr=ràng|sc=Hani}}
* Mandarin: {{t+check|cmn|讓|sc=Hani}} {{t+check|cmn|让|tr=ràng|sc=Hani}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|tuku}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|tuku}}
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* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|leig le}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|leig le}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|permitir}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|permitir}}
* Swahili: {{t|sw|ruhusu|alt=-ruhusu}}
* Swahili: {{t+|sw|ruhusu|alt=-ruhusu}}
* Tok Pisin: {{t|tpi|larim}}
* Tok Pisin: {{t|tpi|larim}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|дозволя́ти|impf}}, {{t|uk|дозво́лити|pf}}, {{t|uk|допуска́ти|impf}}, {{t|uk|допусти́ти|pf}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|дозволя́ти|impf}}, {{t|uk|дозво́лити|pf}}, {{t|uk|допуска́ти|impf}}, {{t|uk|допусти́ти|pf}}
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{{trans-top|to acknowledge the truth of}}
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* Afrikaans: {{t+|af|aanvaar}}
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* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|признавам}}
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* Danish: {{t+|da|acceptere}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|toegeven}}
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* Finnish: {{t+|fi|myöntää}}, {{t+|fi|hyväksyä}}
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* German: {{t+|de|eingestehen}}
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* Greek: {{t+|el|παραδέχομαι|sc=Grek}}, {{t+|el|αναγνωρίζω|sc=Grek}}
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* Hebrew: {{t|he|הכיר באפשרות|tr=hikír baefsharút}}
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* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|elfogad}}
* Icelandic: {{t|is|viðurkenna}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|admhaigh}}
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* Italian: {{t+|it|concedere}}
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* Malayalam: {{t+|ml|സമ്മതിക്കുക}}
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* Polish: {{t+|pl|przyznać}}
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* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|aceitar}}
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* Russian: {{t+|ru|признава́ть|impf}}, {{t+|ru|призна́ть|pf}}
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* Swahili: {{t|sw|tambua|alt=-tambua}}
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* Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|визнава́ти|impf}}, {{t+|uk|ви́знати|pf}}
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{{trans-top|to grant as a deduction or an addition}}
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* Finnish: {{t+|fi|varautua}}, {{t|fi|[[tehdä]] [[varaus]]}}
* German: {{t+|de|einpreisen}}, {{t+|de|einkalkulieren}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|enged}}
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* Polish: {{t|pl|wziąć pod uwagę}}
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* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|considerar}}
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* Russian: {{t|ru|[[принима́ть]] [[в|во]] [[внима́ние]]|impf}}, {{t|ru|[[приня́ть]] [[в|во]] [[внима́ние]]|pf}}, {{t+|ru|учи́тывать|impf}}, {{t+|ru|уче́сть|pf}}
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* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|врахо́вувати|impf}}, {{t|uk|врахува́ти|pf}}
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* Danish: {{t+|da|tillade}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|tillade}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|varata}}, {{t|fi|[[tehdä]] [[varaus]]}}, {{t|fi|[[antaa]] [[alennus]]}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|varata}}, {{t|fi|[[tehdä]] [[varaus]]}}, {{t|fi|[[antaa]] [[alennus]]}}
* German: {{t+|de|erlauben}}, mit {{t+|de|einberechnen}}, {{t+|de|zugestehen}}
* German: {{t+|de|berücksichtigen}}, {{t+|de|einkalkulieren}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|επιτρέπω|sc=Grek}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|επιτρέπω|sc=Grek}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|hagy}}, {{t+|hu|ráhagy}}, {{t+|hu|számol}}, {{t+|hu|szán}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|hagy}}, {{t+|hu|ráhagy}}, {{t+|hu|számol}}, {{t+|hu|szán}}
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* {{R:Webster 1913}}
* {{R:Webster 1913}}


[[Category:English control verbs]]
{{cln|en|control verbs}}
{{C|en|Human behaviour}}

Latest revision as of 06:24, 27 October 2024

English

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Etymology

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From Middle English allowen, alowen, a borrowing from Anglo-Norman allouer, alouer, from Medieval Latin allaudāre, present active infinitive of allaudō, merged with alouer, from Medieval Latin allocō (“to assign”). Doublet of allaud (via allaudāre) or allocate (via allocāre).

The similarity with Middle English alyfen (from Old English ālīefan) and German erlauben, both from Proto-Germanic *uzlaubijaną (“to allow”) is coincidental.

Pronunciation

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  • enPR: ə-lou', IPA(key): /əˈlaʊ/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Audio (UK); “to allow”:(file)
  • Rhymes: -aʊ

Verb

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allow (third-person singular simple present allows, present participle allowing, simple past and past participle allowed)

  1. (ditransitive) To let one have as a suitable share of something.
    to allow a servant his liberty;  to allow a free passage;  to allow one day for rest
    • 2004 [1895], Constance, transl. Garnett, “Ariadne”, in The Darling: and Other Stories, translation of original by Anton Chekhov:
      […] he needed a great deal of money, but his uncle only allowed him two thousand roubles a year, which was not enough, and for days together he would run about Moscow with his tongue out, as the saying is.
  2. (transitive, catenative) To permit, to give permission to.
    I will allow my son to be absent.
    • 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page vii:
      With fresh material, taxonomic conclusions are leavened by recognition that the material examined reflects the site it occupied; a herbarium packet gives one only a small fraction of the data desirable for sound conclusions. Herbarium material does not, indeed, allow one to extrapolate safely: what you see is what you get […]
  3. To not bar or obstruct.
    Although I don't consent to their holding such meetings, I will allow them for the time being.
    Smoking allowed only in designated areas.
    • 2013 July 26, Leo Hickman, “How algorithms rule the world”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 7, page 26:
      The use of algorithms in policing is one example of their increasing influence on our lives. And, as their ubiquity spreads, so too does the debate around whether we should allow ourselves to become so reliant on them – and who, if anyone, is policing their use.
  4. (transitive) To acknowledge, accept the truth of; to concede; to accede to an opinion.
    to allow a right;  to allow a claim; to allow an appeal
    You must allow that disagreeing about politics puts a strain on a relationship.
    • 1815, Jane Austen, chapter 5, in Emma, volume 1:
      Mr. Knightley, I shall not allow you to be a fair judge in this case.
    • 1855, William Makepeace Thackeray, The Newcomes:
      I allow, with Mrs. Grundy and most moralists, that Miss Newcome's conduct […] was highly reprehensible.
    • 2000, George R[aymond] R[ichard] Martin, A Storm of Swords, Bantam, published 2011, page 154:
      Half the night passed before the wench allowed that it might be safe to stop.
  5. (transitive) To grant (something) as a deduction or an addition; especially to abate or deduct.
    to allow a sum for leakage
  6. (transitive) To make an allowance, to take into account when making plans.
    When calculating a budget for a construction project, always allow for contingencies.
  7. (transitive) To render physically possible.
    • 1824, Washington Irving, “The Devil and Tom Walker”, in Tales of a Traveller:
      The inlet allowed a facility to bring the money in a boat secretly and at night to the very foot of the hill.
    • 2013 June 1, “Ideas coming down the track”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8838, page 13 (Technology Quarterly):
      A “moving platform” scheme […] is more technologically ambitious than maglev trains even though it relies on conventional rails. Local trains would use side-by-side rails to roll alongside intercity trains and allow passengers to switch trains by stepping through docking bays.
  8. (transitive, obsolete) To praise; to approve of; hence, to sanction.
  9. (obsolete) To sanction; to invest; to entrust.
    • 1623, William Shakespeare, The Life of Timon of Athens:
      Therefore so please thee to return with us,
      And of our Athens—thine and ours—to take
      The captainship, thou shalt be met with thanks,
      Allow'd with absolute power, and thy good name
      Live with authority. So soon we shall drive back
      Of Alcibiades the approaches wild,
      Who, like a boar too savage, doth root up
      His country's peace.
  10. (transitive, obsolete) To like; to be suited or pleased with.
  11. (law, transitive) To decide (a request) in favour of the party who raised it; to grant victory to a party regarding (a request).
    to allow an objection ― to find in favour of the objection and forbid the conduct objected to
    to allow an appeal ― to decide the appeal in favour of the appellant (contrast grant leave to appeal, to permit an appeal to be heard)
  12. (transitive, MTE, MLE) To forgo bothering with, to let slide.
    • 2021 November 3, “Who's My man?”, Starzzy #MostHated (lyrics), 0:30:
      Easy on violence, now I doubt it
      I could’ve banged this face but allowed it

Conjugation

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Conjugation of allow
infinitive (to) allow
present tense past tense
1st-person singular allow allowed
2nd-person singular allow, allowest† allowed, allowedst†
3rd-person singular allows, alloweth† allowed
plural allow
subjunctive allow allowed
imperative allow —
participles allowing allowed

†Archaic or obsolete.

Synonyms

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Antonyms

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Derived terms

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Translations

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References

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