allow

allow has 18 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 5.

Definitions

• v. t.. To praise; to approve of; hence, to sanction.
• v. t.. To like; to be suited or pleased with.
• v. t.. To sanction; to invest; to intrust.
• v. t.. 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.
• v. t.. 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.
• v. t.. To grant (something) as a deduction or an addition; esp. to abate or deduct; as, to allow a sum for leakage.
• v. t.. To grant license to; to permit; to consent to; as, to allow a son to be absent.
• v. i.. To admit; to concede; to make allowance or abatement.
• v.. 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"
• v.. 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"
• v.. 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"
• v.. 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"