Word Finder - allow

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

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

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

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

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

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To allow a sum for leakage.

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

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Smoking allowed only in designated areas.

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To not bar or obstruct.

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Although I don't consent to their holding such meetings, I will allow them for the time being.

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To acknowledge or concede.

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To take into account by making an allowance.

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When calculating a budget for a construction project, always allow for contingencies.

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To render physically possible.

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

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To sanction; to invest; to entrust.

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To like; to be suited or pleased with.

Allow me to give you a piece of advice.

Allow me to convey....

They allow us to lead as normal of a life as possible.

Allow me to inform you...

The space battle won't allow anyone off-planet.

I do not allow myself to judge him and would not have others do so.

Allow me to speak....

Do you allow your guests to fish?

I won't allow it!

Allow him to digest the news.

The room was dark aside from curtains opened to allow the moon to shine through.

Let's allow it to happen naturally.

If this place is standing, it's because I allow it to be.

It wasn't as if she was going to allow Brutus to attack their guest.

Was it too much to allow him time to think about it?

They coin money in honest and accurate measures and allow this money to trade freely on open markets.

He will not hinder anything useful nor allow anything harmful.

We were content to allow him this small title of uniqueness knowing it was killing him to be so close to a scientific miracle with hands tied and mouth gagged against announcing his findings to the world.

I don't order it or allow it, but I don't exact compensation either.

This was Speranski's cold, mirrorlike look, which did not allow one to penetrate to his soul, and his delicate white hands, which Prince Andrew involuntarily watched as one does watch the hands of those who possess power.

But as we grew up, reality set in that market forces did not allow those activities to pay enough to support us, so at some point we all figured out we had to "earn a living."

Nation-states allow groups of people to create governments that reflect their common values.

In order to attain this result it was formerly the practice to raise the metal to a bright red heat, and allow it to cool while carefully guarded from magnetic influence.

The yard has an asphalt covering and is sufficiently large to allow drills to be carried out.

Security guards also prevented detainees from accessing the center's exercise yard and didn't even allow them to approach the windows.

When she is riding in the carriage she will not allow the driver to use the whip, because, she says, "poor horses will cry."

It was very unlike his friend and second-in-command to allow his control to slip in such a drastic way.

A good soil should be deep to allow of extensive root development and, in the case of arable soils, easy to work with implements.

Apart from the importance of seeing the Russo-Japanese War through, there were important negotiations on foot for a renewal or revision of the treaty with Japan; and it was felt that on these grounds it would be a mistake for the government to allow itself to be driven into a premature dissolution, unless it found itself unable to maintain a majority in parliament.

Having been impressed by the failure of historians to allow for the influence of sea power in struggles between nations, he was led to make prolonged investigations of this general theme (see SEA Power).

Moreover, it did not allow him to keep silence where the remoter consequences were of that character, and ought to be provided for betimes.

The stent clears a passage through the bile duct to allow the bile duct to allow the bile to drain away.

This heat kills the salmonella and neutralizes the Avidin to allow it to be digested and absorbed by the body.

Provide adequate support at the sides using bookends where necessary and allow space so that books can be easily removed and replaced.

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Allow the young bridesmaids to voice an opinion on what they should wear.

With more delicate constructions, we employ sponges and soft bristled brushes to gently groom the face fiber and allow a gentle cleaning action.

Completion of the drilling operations will allow installation of the subsea pipeline bundle during December and January.

The differences in performance create conditions that allow combustion byproducts to more easily enter home living spaces.

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Keep the chain on your door and never allow uninvited callers in to your home.

So use the fastest synchronized speed that the camera will allow to help eliminate blurred pictures caused by camera shake.

It's production facilities allow for traditional food canning packing of various dry mixes in composite drums.

In response to cold, plants trigger a cascade of genetic reactions that allow them to survive.

These results should be treated cautiously as the data does not allow for conclusions to be made regarding causality.

Many authors deliberately avoid certain types of references to allow their material to get passed the official censor.

His rhetoric would allow nothing less than absolute certainty about Scripture's absolute clarity.

The purpose for which you are applying must be legally charitable and your constitution must allow you to carry out the work you propose.

A ' house ' of some form should also be provided to allow the chinchilla to hide away whenever it feels the need.

Two of the options would also allow the intentions of the Act to be easily circumvented.