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Word: allow (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Verb:

  • intransitive To let something happen, to admit; to concede;
  • transitive To acknowledge; to accept as true; to concede; to accede to an opinion.
  • transitive To grant, give, admit, accord, afford, or yield; to let one have.
  • transitive To grant license to; to permit; to consent to.
  • transitive To grant (something) as a deduction or an addition; esp. to abate or deduct;
  • transitive To take into account by making an allowance.

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