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[ verb ] make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen
Examples "This permits the water to rush in" "This sealed door won't allow the water come into the basement" "This will permit the rain to run off" Used in print (The Atlanta Constitution...)Five per_cent of the voters in each county must sign petitions requesting that the Republicans be allowed to place names of candidates on the general_election ballot , or The Republicans must hold a primary under the county unit system - a system which the party opposes in its platform . (Chicago Daily Tribune...)Perhaps the lesson we should take from these pages is that the welfare_state in England still allows wild scope for all kinds of rugged eccentrics . (The Christian Science Monitor,...)Directionality is greatly exaggerated most_of the time ; but when the sounds of the two speakers are allowed to mix , there is excellent depth and dimension to the music . (Mr. America, 4:6...)Now when Henri has completed four complete Push-Pull_Super-Sets No. 1 , the professor allows him about a five minute rest period before starting him on four complete Push-Pull_Super-Sets No. 2 . When the front knee is straight and locked , allow it to bend again until you feel the bar come lightly into contact with the sides of the Power_Stands . |
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[ verb ] give permission
Synonyms Examples "She permitted her son to visit her estranged husband" "I won't let the police search her basement" "I cannot allow you to see your exam" Used in print (Kenneth Reiner, "Coping with Runaway Technology"...)Ideally speaking , it should be allowed to operate only where the public has a great stake in the continuity of supply or services , and where the actions of a single proprietor are secondary to the needs of society . (Your Federal Income Tax. 1962 Edition (Revised to...)The deductions allowed in determining Adjusted_Gross_Income put all taxpayers on a comparable basis . Certain other deductions are not allowed in determining Adjusted_Gross_Income . (Allan J. Braff and Roger F. Miller, "Wage-Price...)In such circumstances , it may well be to the advantage of the industry to allow an increase in the basic wage rate . Whether or not it is in the industry 's interest to allow the basic wage rate to rise obviously depends_upon the extent to which the public limit price rises in response to a basic wage increase , and the relation of this response to the increase in costs accompanying the wage increase . |
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[ verb ] let have
Synonyms Examples "grant permission" "Mandela was allowed few visitors in prison" Used in print (Frank Getlein and Harold C. Gardiner, S.J., Movies,...)In response , the industry allowed the discovery of the motion_picture as a form of fiction and thus gave the movies the essential form they have had to this day . (John Dos Passos, Midcentury....)`` Precious and I allow each other absolute freedom . |
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[ verb ] give or assign a share of money or time to a particular person or cause
Synonyms Examples "I will earmark this money for your research" Used in print (The Christian Science Monitor,...)Similarly , in presenting still photographs of early jazz_groups , the program allowed no time for a close perusal . (High Fidelity, 11:10...)The music is always allowed the living_space needed to attain its full sonority ; yet the hall never intrudes as a quasi performer . (William S. Haymond, "Is Distance an Original...)Instead , he constantly became lost in parts and components of them , confused some of their details with those of neighboring objects , and_so_on , unless he allowed time to `` trace '' the object in_question through minute movements of the head and hands and in this way to discover its contours . |
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[ verb ] allow or plan for a certain possibility; concede the truth or validity of something
Synonyms Examples "I allow for this possibility" "The seamstress planned for 5% shrinkage after the first wash" Used in print (Cornell H. Mayer, "Radio Emission of the Moon...)In the observations at 4.3 mm ( Coates , 1959 a ) , the diameter of the antenna beam , 6 ' .7 , was small enough to allow resolution of some of the larger features of the lunar surface , and contour diagrams have been made of the lunar brightness distribution at three lunar phases . Related terms |
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[ verb ] make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remain
Synonyms Examples "This leaves no room for improvement" "The evidence allows only one conclusion" "allow for mistakes" "leave lots of time for the trip" Used in print (Walter H. Buchsbaum, "Advances in Medical Electronics"...)The original electrocardiograph primarily indicates irregularities in the heartbeat , but today 's techniques allow exact measurements of the flow of blood through the aorta , dimensioning of the heart and its chambers , and a much more detailed study of each heartbeat . |
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[ verb ] (baseball) allow the other team to score
Synonyms Examples : "give up a run", in baseball |
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[ verb ] (business) grant as a discount or in exchange
Examples "The camera store owner allowed me $50 on my old camera" Related terms |
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