allow

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verb
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allows
V_ing/Gerund
allowing
V_ed/pp
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  1. 1.

    (ditransitive)To let one have as a suitable share of something.

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

  2. 2.

    (catenative, transitive)To permit, to give permission to.

    I will allow my son to be absent.

  3. 3.

    To not bar or obstruct.

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

    Smoking (is) allowed only in designated areas.

  4. 4.

    (transitive)To acknowledge, accept the truth of; to concede; to accede to an opinion; to say something one agrees on in the context of a larger disagreement or reluctance.

    to allow a right; to allow a claim; to allow an appeal

    You must allow that disagreeing about politics puts a strain on a relationship.

    "Well, that rug does match the wallpaper," he allowed.

  5. 5.

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

    to allow a sum for leakage

  6. 6.

    (transitive)To make an allowance, to take into account when making plans.

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

  7. 7.

    (transitive)To render physically possible.

  8. 8.

    (obsolete, transitive)To praise; to approve of; hence, to sanction.

  9. 9.

    (obsolete)To sanction; to invest; to entrust.

  10. 10.

    (obsolete, transitive)To like; to be suited or pleased with.

  11. 11.

    (transitive)(law, transitive) To decide (a request) in favour of the party who raised it; to grant victory to a party regarding (a request).

    to allow an objection

    to allow an appeal

  12. 12.

    (Multicultural London English, transitive)(transitive, MTE, MLE) To forgo bothering with, to let slide.

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Đồng nghĩa

admitallotassignbestowconcedeletpermitsuffertolerategrantaffordyieldgivegrant licence toconsentaccedeacquiescenot bar or obstruct tolerate, suffer, permit, admit, concedeacknowledge the truth of concede, accede, acquiesce

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English allowen, alowen, a borrowing from allouer, alouer, from allaudāre, merged with alouer, from allocō (to assign). allaud (via allaudāre) or allocate (via allocāre).

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