allow

allow is a 5-letter English word with 18 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To praise; to approve of; hence, to sanction. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 10 · 18 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To praise; to approve of; hence, to sanction.
2. transitive verb. To like; to be suited or pleased with.
3. transitive verb. To sanction; to invest; to intrust.
4. transitive verb. 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.
5. transitive verb. 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.
6. transitive verb. To grant (something) as a deduction or an addition; esp. to abate or deduct; as, to allow a sum for leakage.
7. transitive verb. To grant license to; to permit; to consent to; as, to allow a son to be absent.
8. intransitive verb. To admit; to concede; to make allowance or abatement.
9. verb. 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"

10. verb. 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"

    Synonyms: appropriate, earmark, reserve

11. verb. consent to, give permission

    "She permitted her son to visit her estranged husband"

    "I won't let the police search her basement"

    Synonyms: countenance, let, permit

12. verb. 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"

    Synonyms: permit, tolerate

13. verb. let have

    "grant permission"

    "Mandela was allowed few visitors in prison"

    Synonyms: grant

14. verb. grant as a discount or in exchange

    "The camera store owner allowed me $50 on my old camera"

15. verb. 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"

    Synonyms: let, permit

16. verb. allow the other (baseball) team to score

    "give up a run"

17. verb. 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"

    Synonyms: leave, provide

18. verb. afford possibility

    "This problem admits of no solution"

    "This short story allows of several different interpretations"

    Synonyms: admit

Synonyms

appropriate, earmark, reserve, countenance, let, permit, tolerate, grant, leave, provide, admit

Common word forms

allows, allowed, allower, allowing, allowable

Words from these letters

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