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View definitions for allow

allow

verb as in admit; acknowledge

Strongest match

Weak match

verb as in set aside

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Example Sentences

He denied that China allows chemicals used in the manufacture of illegal drugs - including fentanyl - to be smuggled to the US.

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"This allows us to image entire samples from top to bottom with improved precision."

Netanyahu also said ending the fighting in Lebanon, Israel's northern neighbour, would allow the IDF to focus on "the Iranian threat".

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This universality allows researchers like Kooloth to probe the fundamental, shared behavior of tipping points using simplified mathematical models.

At present, it is allowed to cut up a crustacean alive, unlike the mammals we eat.

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When To Use

What are other ways to say allow?

Allow and permit are often interchangeable as terms that imply granting or conceding the right of someone to do something, but permit is the more positive of the two. Allow implies complete absence of an attempt, or even an intent, to hinder. Permit suggests formal or implied assent or authorization. Let is the familiar, conversational term for both allow and permit.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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