Allow | To praise; to approve of; hence, to sanction. |
Allow | To like; to be suited or pleased with. |
Allow | To sanction; to invest; to intrust. |
Allow | To grant, give, admit, accord, afford, or yield; to let
one have; as, to allow a servant his liberty; to allow a free passage;
to allow one day for rest. |
Allow | To own or acknowledge; to accept as true; to concede; to
accede to an opinion; as, to allow a right; to allow a claim; to allow
the truth of a proposition. |
Allow | To grant (something) as a deduction or an addition; esp.
to abate or deduct; as, to allow a sum for leakage. |
Allow | To grant license to; to permit; to consent to; as, to
allow a son to be absent. |
Allow | To admit; to concede; to make allowance or abatement. |
admit, set aside, reserve, earmark, appropriate, give up, grant, provide, allow for, leave, permit, let, countenance, permit, let, tolerate, permit, take into account,
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(verb) let|permit|prevent (antonym)
(verb) permit|let|countenance|accept (generic term)|consent (generic term)|go for (generic term)|disallow (antonym)|forbid (antonym)
(verb) grant|give (generic term)|deny (antonym)
(verb) appropriate|earmark|set aside|reserve|assign (generic term)|allot (generic term)|portion (generic term)
(verb) leave|allow for|provide|yield (generic term)|give (generic term)|afford (generic term)
(verb) take into account|calculate (generic term)|estimate (generic term)|reckon (generic term)|count on (generic term)|figure (generic term)|forecast (generic term)
(verb) admit
(verb) give up
(verb) discount (generic term)
(verb) permit|tolerate|permit (generic term)|allow (generic term)|let (generic term)|countenance (generic term)
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English explanatory dictionary
v. 1 tr. permit (a practice, a person to do something, a thing to happen, etc.) (smoking is not allowed; we allowed them to speak). 2 tr. give or provide; permit (a person) to have (a limited quantity or sum) (we were allowed ø500 a year). 3 tr. provide or set aside for a purpose; add or deduct in consideration of something (allow 10% for inflation). 4 tr. a admit, agree, concede (he allowed that it was so; 'You know best,' he allowed). b US state; be of the opinion. 5 refl. permit oneself, indulge oneself in (conduct) (allowed herself to be persuaded; allowed myself a few angry words). 6 intr. (foll. by of) admit of. 7 intr. (foll. by for) take into consideration or account; make addition or deduction corresponding to (allowing for wastage). øøallowable adj. allowably adv. [ME, orig. = 'praise', f. OF alouer f. L allaudare to praise, and med.L allocare to place],
Use in sentenses
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Allowing local governments to have a greater say in regional economic growth , and thus benefit directly from it , would provide an incentive to promote new businesses , at least as far as they do not pose a threat to jobs in existing local firms . | Kdyby ale orgány místní správy měly možnost více rozhodovat o hospodářském růstu svých regionů , a tím pádem z něj přímo těžit , bylo by to impulsem rozvoje nových forem podnikání , alespoň potud , kde by svou činností neohrožovaly stávající pracovní místa v regionu |
Allowing opium traffickers to operate with impunity gives them a free hand to raise money to pay for the arms and fighters battling the Afghan army and NATO forces . | Dovolit opiovým překupníkům beztrestně jednat znamená nechávat jim volnou ruku pro získávání peněz na zaplacení zbraní a bojovníků , kteří vedou konflikt s afghánskou armádou a silami NATO |
Allowing their currencies to depreciate in real terms would make their products more competitive , and also provide an incentive for production to shift out of non - tradables into tradables . ” | Pokud by své měny nechaly v reálných hodnotách devalvovat , jejich výrobky by dosáhly vyšší konkurenční schopnosti a taktéž by vznikla pobídka k tomu , aby se produkce přesouvala od neobchodovatelných k obchodovatelným statkům . “ |
Allowing managers to buy shares at prices fixed in advance was intended to align their interests with those of other shareholders by giving them a personal stake in building the value of the company . | Umožnění , aby si manažeři mohli koupit akcie za předem stanovenou cenu , mělo sjednotit jejich zájmy se zájmy ostatních akcionářů tím , že získají osobní motivaci k navyšování hodnoty firmy |
Allowing countries to pursue their own policies in these areas encourages competitiveness . | Možnost jednotlivých zemí uskutečňovat v těchto oblastech vlastní politiky posiluje konkurenční schopnost |
Allow workers to take part in decisions or actions affecting their jobs ; | Umožněte pracovníkům , aby se podíleli na rozhodování a činnostech ovlivňujících jejich zaměstnání ; |
Allowing the Patriarchate to flourish , and reopening the Theological School on the island of Halki , would underscore Turkey ’ s progress on human and minority rights . | Pokud by Patriarchátu bylo umožněno vzkvétat a na ostrově Chalki byla znovuotevřena Teologická škola , podtrhlo by to pokrok Turecka v oblasti lidských a menšinových práv |
Allow employers to fire workers more easily , they argue , and employers will hire them more readily . | Umožněte zaměstnavatelům snazší propouštění zaměstnanců , argumentují tito lidé , a zaměstnavatelé je budou ochotněji přijímat |
Allowing free elections and true political competition is also critically important , but this should follow economic reforms , not precede them . | Povolit svobodné volby a skutečnou politickou soutěž je také nezbytně důležité , ale nemělo by to hospodářským reformám předcházet , nýbrž následovat po nich |
Merrian-Webster dictionary
Term |
Word class |
Description |
allow | verb | to give consideration to circumstances or contingencies used with for |
Use phrase in quotation
Autor |
Citát |
Martha Beck | Allowing children to show their guilt, show their grief, show their anger, takes the sting out of the situation. |
Simon Travaglia | Allowing yourself to smile takes 99% of the effort. |
Abraham Lincoln | Allow the president to invade a neighboring nation, whenever he shall deem it necessary to repel an invasion, and you allow him to do so whenever he may choose to say he deems it necessary for such a purpose - and you allow him to make war at pleasure. |