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Meaning of allow | Babel Free

Noun CEFR A2 Frequent

Definitions

  1. To let one have as a suitable share of something
  2. to take into consideration when deciding etc. We've made allowance for the fact that everyone has different tastes. in ag neem يُراعي، يَأخُذ بِعَين الإعْتِبَار вземам предвид levar em conta vzít v úvahu berücksichtigen tage hensyn til; tage i betragtning λαμβάνω υπόψηtener en cuenta, considerar (midagi) arvesse võtma در نظر گرفتن؛ به حساب آوردن ottaa huomioon tenir compte de לְהִתחַשֵב בּ- का ध्यान रखना dopustiti számításba vesz memperhitungkan taka tillit til, gera ráð fyrir tener conto di ...
    etc
  3. To permit, to give permission to
  4. vt. admitir, aceptar, consentir.
  5. To not bar or obstruct
  6. To let do or happen; permit: We allow smoking only in restricted areas.
  7. To acknowledge, accept the truth of; to concede; to accede to an opinion; to say something one agrees on in the context of a larger disagreement or reluctance
  8. To permit the presence of: No pets are allowed inside.
  9. To grant (something) as a deduction or an addition; especially to abate or deduct
  10. To permit to have: allow oneself a little treat.
  11. To make provision for; assign: The schedule allows time for a coffee break.
  12. To plan for in case of need: allow two inches in the fabric for shrinkage.
  13. To grant as a discount or in exchange: allowed me 20 dollars on my old typewriter.
  14. Chiefly Southern & Midland US a. To admit; concede: I allowed he was right.
    Chiefly Southern & Midland US
  15. To offer a possibility; admit: The poem allows of several interpretations.

Equivalents

Afrikaans aanvaar
العربية أذن اسمح سمح سَمَحَ بِـ
Беларуская дазваляць дазволіць
Català deixar permetre
Cymraeg caniatáu
Esperanto allasi permesi
Español admitir conceder dejar permitir
Eesti lubama
فارسی اجازه دادن
Gaeilge admhaigh ceadaigh lig do tabhair
Gàidhlig leig le
Galego deixar
हिन्दी इजाज़त देना
Íslenska leyfa viðurkenna
ខ្មែរ អនុញ្ញាត
한국어 허락하다
Kurdî lasa Şino
Lingála lingisa
ລາວ ໃຫ້
Latviešu ļaut
Te Reo Māori tuku
Македонски дозволи дозволува
Português aceitar considerar deixar permitir
Română acorda admite îngădui lașă permite
Shqip lejoj
Svenska tillåta
Kiswahili -kubalia -ruhusu
தமிழ் அனுமதி
Tagalog hayaan
Tiếng Việt chợ cho phép

CEFR level

A2
Elementary
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.
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