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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The Kalven Report allows—in fact, obliges—a university to speak on issues that threaten its mission.
A stoic understanding of our responsibility to each other that will allow us to move beyond our current existential crisis.
From Salon
But there have continued to be instances of matches finishing well past midnight - which Dr Sikka insists cannot be allowed to be "romanticised".
From BBC
And in November, the president signed an order that allowed certain key food products - including coffee, bananas and beef - to escape his tariffs.
From BBC
The most controversial and potentially impactful proposal is a backbench bill to allow some terminally ill people to seek medical help to end their lives.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
