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✅ To permit 📝 To make provision ⏳ To set aside 💸 To give a deduction
to allow

to allow

561 1.0
To set aside money or time for a particular purpose
  • verb
  • /əˈlaʊ/
translation icon : destinar
  • She allows an hour each day for exercise and relaxation.
  • allow time
  • allow sufficient time
  • allow for proper allocation

However, there are three gadgets that I still allow pocket space for on a day-to-day basis.

Examples

  • The committee will allow funds for community projects next year.

  • The budget allows us to purchase new equipment for the studio.

  • How do you treat yourself and how do you allow others to treat you?

  • The government ought not to allow it.

    Waterloo Bridge (1931)

  • Provide each group of students with a chart or allow them to find or create their own.

    Academic text (2012)

  • So every time that I go through it, I allow myself first to fill that void.

  • Her employer also funded part of her work and allowed her time to complete it.

    Academic text (2011)

  • Chancellor Davis will never allow anyone to do anything unless it's under his terms.

    Due Season (2022)

  • If your students participate in Sustained Silent Reading, consider allowing discussion about books before and after the program.

    Academic text (2015)

  • The individual learning preferences allowed each student to be more self-directed in their learning.

    Academic text (2013)

Synonyms

to give
vsto allow
  • Specialized
∞ 1.0

To say a likely amount, time, or chance

is specifically about assigning resources or holding them for use
to grant
vsto allow
  • Formal
565 3.3

To officially give permission, rights, or money to someone

is more general applying to giving or assigning resources without formality
to authorize
vsto allow
489 4.4

To give official permission for someone to do something

is about assigning resources rather than granting permission or power
to reserve
vsto allow
145 3.1

To keep something for a particular person or purpose

is broader and can mean actually giving or assigning resources too
to allocate
vsto allow
92 4.5

Give parts of something, like money or time, to people for a planned purpose

is broader and includes plain assignment or giving without detailed planning
to set aside
vsto allow
87 3.4

Save money or time for a special purpose

is broader and covers both assigning resources and reserving them for purposes
to earmark
vsto allow
29 6.3

To set money or resources aside for a particular purpose

focuses generally on giving or assigning rather than formal designation
to appropriate
vsto allow
  • Formal
26 6.9

Give money officially for a particular use

is less formal and covers simple assigning or holding resources aside

Antonyms

to deny
423 1.6

To refuse to let someone have something

to withhold
210 5.1

Refuse to give something someone wants or needs

Phrasal Verbs

to allow in
172 1.3

Let someone or something enter a place

to allow for
158 3.1

Consider or include something when planning

How Much

to grant
  • Formal
565 3.3
to allocate
92 4.5
to allow
561 1.0
to allot
33 3.7

Surface Forms

allow infinitive
allowed past
allowed past participle
allowing present participle
allows third person singular

Etymology

Allow can also mean to 'set aside' time or money; a helpful way to remember this is to think of the word allot, which means to give a part for a purpose, so to allow time or funds is to 'save' or 'give' part of them for something.