Allow
verb
To give permission for something to happen or someone to do something.
My parents won't allow me to go to the party.
Often appears as...
- allow me
- allow to
verb
To make possible or admit.
The room is big enough to allow for a large table.
Often appears as...
- allow for
- allow to
verb
To admit or recognize.
He doesn't allow that he made a mistake.
Often appears as...
- allow that
- won't allow
verb
To take into consideration when making plans or calculations.
You need to allow for delays when travelling.
Often appears as...
- allow for
- allow time
verb
To officially permit someone to have or do something.
The law allows each citizen a vote.
Often appears as...
- law allows
- allows each
Usage tips
Formal
Legal
verb
To give permission for something to happen or someone to do something.
My parents won't allow me to go to the party.
Often appears as...
- allow me
- allow to
verb
To make possible or admit.
The room is big enough to allow for a large table.
Often appears as...
- allow for
- allow to
verb
To admit or recognize.
He doesn't allow that he made a mistake.
Often appears as...
- allow that
- won't allow
verb
To take into consideration when making plans or calculations.
You need to allow for delays when travelling.
Often appears as...
- allow for
- allow time
verb
To officially permit someone to have or do something.
The law allows each citizen a vote.
Often appears as...
- law allows
- allows each
Usage tips
Formal
Legal
Definition 1 of 5
Pro Tip 1/2Seeking Permission
Used when someone needs to ask for approval before doing something.
You must allow me to pay for dinner since you invited me.
Pro Tip 2/2Parental Guidance
Commonly used by parents setting boundaries for their children.
My parents allow me one hour of video games a day.
Pro Tip 1/2Seeking Permission
Used when someone needs to ask for approval before doing something.
You must allow me to pay for dinner since you invited me.
Pro Tip 2/2Parental Guidance
Commonly used by parents setting boundaries for their children.
My parents allow me one hour of video games a day.
Pro Tip 1/2Seeking Permission
Used when someone needs to ask for approval before doing something.
You must allow me to pay for dinner since you invited me.
Pro Tip 2/2Parental Guidance
Commonly used by parents setting boundaries for their children.
My parents allow me one hour of video games a day.
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The benefits of good...
when you're standing up, you should be able to draw a straight line from a point just in front of your shoulders, to behind your hip, to the front of your knee, to a few inches in front of your ankle. This keeps your center of gravity directly over your base of support, which allows you to move efficiently
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How does anesthesia...
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by encoding important experiences into long-term memories. The ability to distinguish this importance makes elephant memory a complex and adaptable faculty beyond rote memorization. It's what allows elephants who survived a drought in their youth to recognize its warning signs in adulthood,
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and I decided there and then that I would become a paleontologist. Paleontology allowed me to combine my love for animals with my desire to travel to far-flung corners of the world. And now, a few years later, I've led several expeditions
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defiance was key because I was trusting my version of reality and not allowing it to be altered on demand this anger protected me I knew what I knew and it couldn't be erased so the person
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and allow you to feel the landscape so, so your job here is really important. It is. In my family there's four generations who have all guided,
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Brazilian Novelist
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Lady Gaga
American Singer
We are not actually equal - humanity - if we are not allowed to freely love one another.
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Allow the world to live as it chooses, and allow yourself to live as you choose.
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William Shakespeare
English Playwright
Praise us as we are tasted, allow us as we prove.
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American Comedian
Politics won't allow for the truth.
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Kanye West
American Rapper
In today's world, having money has allowed people who are extremely uncool to think that they're cool and carry it like that. People who really are cool and people who really are artists and have ideas have to literally turn in their cool card to society just to make it past the age of 28.
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Selena Gomez
American Actress
I think I take my job seriously, but I enjoy my life and I enjoy my friends, and I never really allowed myself to do that before. So I just kind of want to party with everyone.
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Pele
Brazilian Athlete
If I pass away one day, I am happy because I tried to do my best. My sport allowed me to do so much because it's the biggest sport in the world.
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Warren Buffett
American Businessman
There are 309 million people out there that are trying to improve their lot in life. And we've got a system that allows them to do it.
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Chuck Palahniuk
American Novelist
The third person allows characters to really attack themselves. We all do this - attack ourselves - every hour of our lives.
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Paulo Coelho
Brazilian Novelist
You have to take risks. We will only understand the miracle of life fully when we allow the unexpected to happen.
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Lady Gaga
American Singer
We are not actually equal - humanity - if we are not allowed to freely love one another.
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Richard Bach
American Novelist
Allow the world to live as it chooses, and allow yourself to live as you choose.
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William Shakespeare
English Playwright
Praise us as we are tasted, allow us as we prove.
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P. J. O'Rourke
American Comedian
Politics won't allow for the truth.
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