allow
Usage
What are other ways to say allow?
Allow and permit are often interchangeable as terms that imply granting or conceding the right of someone to do something, but permit is the more positive of the two. Allow implies complete absence of an attempt, or even an intent, to hinder. Permit suggests formal or implied assent or authorization. Let is the familiar, conversational term for both allow and permit.
Example Sentences
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It also issued a general license allowing transactions with the German branch of Russia’s Rosneft oil company.
In 2018, California voters passed Proposition 7, allowing the state to adopt permanent daylight saving time if federal law permits.
From Los Angeles Times
That balance—maintaining imported cachet while adapting to local tastes—has allowed warehouse retailers to capture consumers who are value-conscious but not necessarily willing to sacrifice quality.
From Barron's
Now, the latest artificial-intelligence bottleneck is optical interconnects, or the high-speed systems that allow massive chip clusters to communicate at the speed of light.
From MarketWatch
This approach allowed them to create extremely detailed three dimensional reconstructions of the structure.
From Science Daily
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
