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make allowance for

VERB
consider
Synonyms
STRONGEST
analyze believe deem feel hold respect think view
STRONG
appraise count credit estimate judge reflect remember sense suppose
WEAK
bear in mind care for hold an opinion keep in view look upon reckon with set down take for take into account think of
Antonyms
STRONGEST
disbelieve ignore
STRONG
disregard
WEAK
abandon discard dismiss forget leave neglect reject
VERB
discount
Synonyms
STRONGEST
deduct diminish knock off mark down modify
STRONG
abate allow depreciate rebate redeem remove subtract undersell
WEAK
hold a sale sell at discount strike off take away take off
Antonyms
STRONGEST
grow increase
WEAK
mark up raise
VERB
include
Synonyms
STRONGEST
add build carry combine comprise consist of cover encompass enter have hold incorporate introduce receive
STRONG
accommodate admit append bear comprehend constitute count embody embrace encircle enclose entail implicate inject insert interject interpolate number subsume
WEAK
allow for be composed of be made up of build in cut in on make room for number among take in take into account teem with work in
Antonyms
STRONGEST
abandon decrease divide drop erase exclude fail forget lack need separate stop subtract want withdraw
STRONG
deny estimate guess let go refuse reject release remove shun take out unloose
WEAK
eliminate neglect

Example Sentences

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"The welfare of the men is a priority, they will need time and support, and we hope and trust our media and community will make allowance for this."

From BBC • Dec. 15, 2024

Alas, my plan to sort and cull my thousands of books — described last week in my Zippy Shell column — failed to make allowance for human nature.

From Washington Post • Jun. 17, 2020

Hutton believes, plausibly enough, that popular notions of fairness do make allowance for luck.

From The Guardian • Sep. 24, 2010

If the reader can make allowance for the author's own hysterical anti-hysteria, Booker's survey makes a fascinating study of what he regards as a national epidemic of self-deception.

From Time Magazine Archive

You must make allowance for my being out of temper.

From Nevermore by Bolderwood, Rolf