allow

Definitions of allow in various dictionaries:

verb - make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen

verb - consent to, give permission

verb - let have

verb - give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause

verb - make a possibility or provide opportunity for

verb - allow or plan for a certain possibility

verb - afford possibility

verb - allow the other (baseball) team to score

verb - grant as a discount or in exchange

verb - allow the presence of or allow (an activity) without opposing or prohibiting

To let do or happen; permit: We allow smoking only in restricted areas.

To permit the presence of: No pets are allowed inside.

To permit to have: allow oneself a little treat.

To make provision for; assign: The schedule allows time for a coffee break.

To plan for in case of need: allow two inches in the fabric for shrinkage.

To grant as a discount or in exchange: allowed me 20 dollars on my old word processor.

Chiefly Upper Southern U.

To admit, grant: I allowed as how he was right.

To suppose: “We allow he’s straight” (American Speech).

To assert: Mother allowed that we’d better come in for dinner.

To offer a possibility; admit: The poem allows of several interpretations.

To take a possibility into account; make allowance: In calculating profit, retailers must allow for breakage and spoilage.

verb - to put no obstacle in the way of