allow
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- v make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen
This sealed door won't allow the water come into the basement - v consent to, give permission
I cannot allow you to see your exam - v let have
Mandela was allowed few visitors in prison - v give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause
- v make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remain
The evidence allows only one conclusion
allow for mistakes - v allow or plan for a certain possibility; concede the truth or validity of something
I allow for this possibility - v afford possibility
This short story allows of several different interpretations - v allow the other (baseball) team to score
- v grant as a discount or in exchange
The camera store owner allowed me $50 on my old camera - v allow the presence of or allow (an activity) without opposing or prohibiting
We don't allow dogs here
- A cooing baby in the next cubicle? It may sound like a recipe for distraction to some, but programs that allow parents to take their infants to work are growing across the country .
- The guidelines would only allow funding for stem cell lines generated from embryos that were "created for reproductive purposes, were no longer needed for this purpose, or were .
- However, Tanguy regrets the ruling "won't change anything in countries that don't allow any singles to adopt, nor force nations that don't allow homosexual couples to adopt to .