The meaning of ALLOW is permit. How to use allow in a sentence.

ALLOWED definition: 1. past simple and past participle of allow 2. to give permission for someone to do something, or…. Learn more.

ALLOWED definition: permitted or authorized. See examples of allowed used in a sentence.

If you are allowed something, you are given permission to have it or are given it.

a. To admit; concede: I allowed he was right. b. To think; suppose: "We allow he's straight" (American Speech). c. To assert; declare: Mother allowed that we'd better come in for dinner.

to provide or set aside (a certain amount). Her mother allowed her ten dollars a week. [verb + object + object ] The teacher allowed an hour for the students to finish. to permit by not paying close enough …

allow somebody/yourself something to let somebody have something You're allowed an hour to complete the test. I'm not allowed visitors. I allow myself a treat now and then. She allowed herself a …

Allow, let, permit imply granting or conceding the right of someone to do something. Allow and permit are often interchangeable, but permit is the more positive. Allow implies complete absence of an …

ALLOW definition: to give permission to or for; permit. See examples of allow used in a sentence.

You're not allowed to talk during the exam. Her proposals would allow (= make it possible for) more people to stay in full-time education. The loophole has allowed hundreds of drink-drivers to avoid …