allow
allow Lexical Profile
allow Game Scores & Validity
• verb
To give permission for someone to do something or for an event to happen; to let or permit.
"The university does not allow students to use calculators during the introductory calculus examination."
To set aside or allocate a specific amount of time, money, or resources for a particular purpose.
"You should allow at least forty-five minutes to travel through airport security during peak holiday periods."
To admit or acknowledge that something is true, valid, or reasonable.
"The historian had to allow that the newly discovered letters challenged his earlier thesis."
• Rhymes for allow
Word Origin & Etymology
Entered Middle English via Anglo-Norman and Old French alouer, representing a convergence of two distinct Latin verbs: allaudare ('to praise or approve') and allocare ('to place or allocate').