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allow English

Meaning allow meaning

What does allow mean?
Definitions in simple English

allow

If you allow something, you let it happen; you say it's OK. We were not allowed to enter the building. I allow food in my car.

allow

(= permit) make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen This permits the water to rush in This sealed door won't allow the water come into the basement This will permit the rain to run off (= permit, let) consent to, give permission She permitted her son to visit her estranged husband I won't let the police search her basement I cannot allow you to see your exam (= grant) let have grant permission Mandela was allowed few visitors in prison (= earmark, set aside) give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause I will earmark this money for your research She sets aside time for meditation every day allow or plan for a certain possibility; concede the truth or validity of something I allow for this possibility The seamstress planned for 5% shrinkage after the first wash (= leave, allow for, provide) make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remain This leaves no room for improvement The evidence allows only one conclusion allow for mistakes leave lots of time for the trip This procedure provides for lots of leeway (= permit, tolerate) allow the presence of or allow (an activity) without opposing or prohibiting We don't allow dogs here Children are not permitted beyond this point We cannot tolerate smoking in the hospital grant as a discount or in exchange The camera store owner allowed me $50 on my old camera (= give up) allow the other (baseball) team to score give up a run (= admit) afford possibility This problem admits of no solution This short story allows of several different interpretations

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Simple sentences

Don't allow yourself to become fat.
Allow me to help you.
Tom won't allow you to do that.
Tom said that my parents wouldn't likely allow me to do that until I'm eighteen years old.
I'm pretty sure they won't allow us to do that.
I wouldn't allow you to go.
Excuse me; allow me to point out three errors in the above article.
You must allow for his youth.
I will not allow you to be ill-treated.
I can't allow you to do that.
Allow me to introduce Mr Kato to you.
His pride didn't allow him to ask for help.
Allow me to introduce Mayuko to you.
The circumstances did not allow me to go abroad.
Allow an hour to get to the station.
The doctor didn't allow me to go out.
We must not allow these problems to affect the project.
They allow parking here.
Allow me to introduce my wife to you.
Please allow me to measure you.
I hope that your parents will allow us to marry.
We must allow him his bravery.

Movie subtitles

I will not allow you to insult this man any further!
I can't allow a meaningless fight to go on!
And in the same way, without water, there's nothing to allow the atoms - the carbon and oxygen and trace elements - to form the molecules that would give rise to the chemistry of life.
For the person who was alive during the death and was dead during the life, allow the living body and dead heart!
Why did you allow that monster to reside in your body?
Well, allow me.
No, please allow me. It's what I do.
Oh, allow me.
Constanza have a wonderful range of perforated corsets which allow moisture to escape and evaporate naturally. This reduces body temperature and preserves intimate freshness.
So why don't you allow me to join you?
The club wouldn't allow recording devices inside to protect the dancers, but I took handwritten notes.
Time is the only thing that will allow you to find yourself again.
I beg you to allow me to embrace my sister.
Mari reminds Sofren that her father will not allow them to marry until Sofren is truly a parson.
Allow me to congratulate you, Mrs. Hubert.
Her father won't allow it. - Why not?
I don't know if her parents will allow it.
Since you've come all this way, please allow me to invite you into my room.
We can't allow that.
I will not allow you to get away with this!
Please allow me a little longer as I'm waiting here for my brother.
The witchcraft of the ointment would allow them to fly through the air.
I won't allow anyone to question his honesty!
It's his right and I won't allow it to be compromised!
They don't allow business in here.
I can't allow that.
Please allow me to follow you to Europe.
Please allow a little more time.
I won't allow Father to be seduced by a robot!
Don't touch me, I won't allow it.
The letters of scholars, according to ancient traditions, do not allow us to doubt the reality of that dream.
If you will allow me.
I don't allow them in the place.
And I am Monsieur La Valle, if you'll allow me to introduce myself.
I am not going to allow my name to be placed on the water.. We are inflicting on our public schools.
I will not allow my name to become a symbol of corruption.

News and current affairs

First, they could allow all countries to reap the benefits of a bilateral mutual-recognition deal by agreeing not to impose restrictive rules of origin.
Only then will America improve its competitiveness enough to allow the government to reduce both private and public debt to sustainable levels while maintaining a respectable growth rate.
Rather, it increases the prospects of corrupt leakage that may allow terrorist groups access to nuclear weapons.
Most importantly, they would allow us to follow through on a global promise.
Then, despite massive US pressure, Turkey's parliament unexpectedly rejected the government's proposal to allow US troops in Turkey to launch an invasion from Turkish territory.
Finally, allow countries that need a higher quota to buy it from those that emit less than their quota.
Allow me to explain.
That is why it is important to maintain some flexibility, to allow currently unregulated institutions like hedge funds and private-equity funds to be swept into the regulatory net if they become large and systemically important.
When coral populations decline in the aftermath of cyclones, diseases, and other disturbances, it is the herbivores that keep seaweed in check, and allow coral populations to recover.
After all, we do not allow poor people to sell their kidneys to the highest bidder.
Financial systems are bloated by implicit taxpayer guarantees, which allow banks, particularly large ones, to borrow money at interest rates that do not fully reflect the risks they take in search of outsized profits.
Talk is growing of a change in US defense doctrine to allow for pre-emptive strikes on states that harbor weapons of mass destruction.
But no one ever seriously thought that the US would allow Citigroup and Bank of America, to name just two, to fail.
Markets had factored into share prices the belief that the US government would not allow any more banks to collapse.
I have no doubt that those involved were seeking a way forward that would allow for a full investigation and help overcome the political divisiveness currently undermining the Human Rights Council within the UN system.
Although rapidly aging Western countries are unable to attract the immigrants they need, they allow millions who are already there to suffer discrimination and abuse.
The world's democracies have declared that they will not allow Iran to possess nuclear arms; it is their duty to follow through on that commitment, before doing so becomes impossible.
In an era where yesterday has become almost irrelevant and we can hardly predict tomorrow, the role of education must allow all children to reach their highest potential.
Adaptation could allow for higher carbon emissions in another way: reducing the damage and harm that we experience from global warming, giving us more time to implement alternatives to reliance on fossil fuels.
Allocate to each country a greenhouse gas emissions quota equal to the country's population, multiplied by the per person share. Finally, allow countries that need a higher quota to buy it from those that emit less than their quota.
China and Russia would never allow the US to secure a United Nations mandate for an attack.
Let us also grant some Mediterranean countries association status that will allow them to integrate progressively into the EU's internal market and participate in EU programs.
Pressure was already growing to introduce trade sanctions in response to China's refusal to allow its currency to rise to a natural level against the dollar.

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