English

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Etymology
From ME. allouen, from OF. alouer , from Medieval L. allaud�re, "to praise", (ad-) + laudare, merged with alouer, from Medieval Latin alloc�re, "to assign".

Pronunciation
IPA: /��la�/
AHD: /�-lou'/
audio|en-us-allow.ogg|Audio (US)
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-a�|-a�

Verb
en-verb

1. transitive 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.
#: He was allowed about three hundred pounds a year. —Macaulay.

1. transitive 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.
#: I allow, with Mrs. Grundy and most moralists, that Miss Newcome's conduct . . . was highly reprehensible. —Thackeray.

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

#:To allow a sum for leakage.

1. transitive To grant license to; to permit; to consent to; as, to allow a son to be absent.

#:Smoking allowed only in designated areas.

1. intransitive To let something happen, to admit; to concede;
2. transitive To take into account by making an allowance.

#:When calculating a budget for a construction project, always allow for contingency|contingencies.

Synonyms
allot; assign; bestow; concede; admit; permit; suffer; tolerate.

Derived terms
allowance

Translations

trans-top|to let something happen, to admit, to concede
Finnish: mahdollistaa, sallia
Italian: permettere,concedere
trans-mid
Japanese: 許� (yurusu)
trans-bottom

trans-top|to make allowance
Finnish: varautua
trans-mid
trans-bottom

Finnish: sallia :fi:sallia|° (1), antaa :fi:antaa|° lupa :fi:lupa|°(1,4)
French: laisser :fr:laisser|°
Hungarian: enged :hu:enged|°
German: lassen :de:lassen|°
Hebrew: ��רש�ת (le'harshot)
mid
Interlingua: lassar :ia:lassar|°
Italian: lasciare :it:lasciare|°
Polish: pozwoli� :pl:pozwala�|°
Portuguese: permitir :pt:permitir|°, deixar :pt:deixar|°
Spanish: dejar :es:dejar|°

References
Webster 1913

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