Allow

Verb

 * 1)  To grant, give, admit, accord, afford, or yield; to let one have.
 * 2)  To acknowledge; to accept as true; to concede; to accede to an opinion.
 * 3)  To grant (something) as a deduction or an addition; especially to abate or deduct;
 * 4)  To grant license to; to permit; to consent to.
 * 5) To not bar or obstruct.
 * 6)  To let something happen, to admit; to concede.
 * 7)  To take into account by making an allowance.

Adverbs for Allow
ultimately; generously; grudgingly; graciously; subsequently; tacitly; reluctantly; liberally; handsomely; munificently; reasonably; lavishly; regularly;  intermittently; impartially.

Synonyms for Allow

 * allot, assign, bestow, concede, admit, let, permit, suffer, tolerate, assent, authorize, empower, license, yield, sanction, grant, consent.

Antonyms for Allow
deny, forbid, disallow, prohibit, refuse, protest, disapprove.

Derived terms

 * allowance
 * allowable

Thesaurus
abate; accede; accept; accord; account; acknowledge; acquiesce; add; adjudge; adjudicate; administer; admit; admit everything; admit exceptions; afford; agree provisionally; agree to; allocate; allot; allow for; apportion; appropriate; approve; assent; assent grudgingly; assign; authorize; avow; award; bate; be judicious; bestow; bestow on; brook; budget; charge off; come clean; communicate; concede; confer; confess; consent; consent to; consider; consider the circumstances; consider the source; cop a plea; count; countenance; cut; deal; deal out; deduct; deem; defer; depreciate; discount; dish out; dispense; disregard; dole; dole out; donate; earmark; endure; entertain; esteem; exercise judgment; express an opinion; express general agreement; extend; fork out; form an opinion; gift; gift with; give; give freely; give leave; give out; give permission; give the go-ahead; give the word; go along with; grant; hand out; have; heap; help to; hold; impart; issue; judge; kick back; lavish; leave; let; let have; let on; lift temporarily; lot; make allowance; make allowance for; make possible; mete; mete out; not oppose; offer; okay; open up; out with it; own; own up; permit; pine; plead guilty; pour; present; presume; proffer; provide for; put aside; put up with; rain; rebate; recognize; reduce; refund; regard; relax; relax the condition; release; render; sanction; say the word; serve; set apart; set aside; shell out; shower; slip; snow; spill; spill it; spit it out; stand; stand for; submit; suffer; suppose; take a premium; take account of; take into account; take into consideration; take off; tell all; tell the truth; tender; think of; tolerate; vouchsafe; waive; warrant; write off; yield

Etymology
From allouen, from  alouer, from Medieval  allaudāre:, (ad-) + laudare, merged with alouer, from Medieval Latin allocāre:.

Translations

 * Arabic: سمح,
 * Bulgarian:, позволявам
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German: ,


 * Japanese:
 * Polish:
 * Romanian: acorda, permite, admite
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swahili:


 * Bulgarian: признавам
 * Finnish: ,
 * German:


 * Polish:
 * Swahili:


 * Finnish:, tehdä varaus
 * Polish: wziąć pod uwagę


 * Swahili:


 * Arabic: سمح ب, سمح
 * Bulgarian: позволявам, разрешавам
 * Chinese: ,
 * Finnish:, antaa lupa
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Haitian Creole:
 * Japanese:


 * Latin: patior, permitto, immitto, praetermitto
 * Polish: pozwolić
 * Romanian: permite, îngădui
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: leig le
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:


 * Bulgarian: позволявам, допускам
 * Chinese:
 * Finnish:
 * German: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian: ,


 * Japanese: 許す (yurusu)
 * Polish: przyznać
 * Romanian: admite
 * Scottish Gaelic: leig le
 * Swahili:


 * Finnish: varata, tehdä varaus, antaa alennus
 * German:, mit


 * Polish: wziąć pod uwagę
 * Swahili: