Allow /əˈlaʊ/

The meaning and definition of Allow, with examples, synonyms, and a word game to make it stick.

Definition

verb

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”
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”

Synonyms admit allot assign bestow concede let

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