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See definition of allow for on Dictionary.com
  • as inconsider
  • as inforgive
  • as ininclude
  • as inoffset
  • as intake into account

synonyms for allow for

  • acknowledge
  • contemplate
  • deal with
  • examine
  • favor
  • grant
  • look at
  • recognize
  • regard
  • scrutinize
  • see
  • study
  • cogitate
  • concede
  • consult
  • deliberate
  • envisage
  • excogitate
  • inspect
  • meditate
  • muse
  • ponder
  • reason
  • reflect
  • revolve
  • ruminate
  • scan
  • speculate
  • assent to
  • chew over
  • dream of
  • flirt with
  • keep in mind
  • mull over
  • perpend
  • provide for
  • reckon with
  • see about
  • subscribe to
  • take into account
  • take under advisement
  • take up
  • think out
  • think over
  • toss around

antonyms for allow for

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  • disregard
  • forget
  • ignore
  • look away
  • neglect
  • refuse
  • abandon
  • discard
  • dismiss
  • leave
  • reject
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    How to use allow for in a sentence

    This treacherous sort of calm, we thought, might forbode a storm, and we did not allow it to lull us into security.
    BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, NO. CCCXXXIX. JANUARY, 1844. VOL. LV.VARIOUS
    I cannot believe that a good God would create or tolerate a Devil, nor that he would allow the Devil to tempt man.
    GOD AND MY NEIGHBOURROBERT BLATCHFORD
    I allow we shan't never set eyes on ter her, Jos. I've got jest thet feelin' abaout it.
    RAMONAHELEN HUNT JACKSON
    It would not do to allow his son to do anything that would upset his dignity, though he loved him very much indeed.
    OUR LITTLE KOREAN COUSINH. LEE M. PIKE
    I never see sech hosses; 'n' they're jest like kittens; they've ben drefful pets, I allow.
    RAMONAHELEN HUNT JACKSON
    I allow the Lawd meant some time fur sleepin'; 'n' I'm satisfied with his times o' lightin' up.
    RAMONAHELEN HUNT JACKSON
    Of these Napoleon was well advised, but Bernadotte was too cunning to allow himself to be compromised absolutely.
    NAPOLEON'S MARSHALSR. P. DUNN-PATTISON
    But I allow they'd flatten us all aout in jest abaout a minnit, if they wuz to set aout tew!
    RAMONAHELEN HUNT JACKSON
    No well-brought-up girl would allow herself to do so, my dear, she would have far too much self-respect.
    THE PIT TOWN CORONET, VOLUME I (OF 3)CHARLES JAMES WILLS
    The result of this stock-taking shows that eleven volumes were unaccounted-for, a list of which is appended.
    REPORT OF THE CHIEF LIBRARIAN FOR THE YEAR 1924-25GENERAL ASSEMBLY LIBRARY (NEW ZEALAND)
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