Synonym: acknowledge, admit, concede, consent, grant, let, permit, recognize. Antonym: disallow, forbid, prohibit. Similar words: follow, allow for, pillow, swallow, shallow, yellow, follow up, as follows. Meaning: [ə'laʊ] 
v. 1. make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen 2. consent to, give permission 3. let have 4. give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause 5. make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remain 6. allow or plan for a certain possibility; concede the truth or validity of something 7. afford possibility 8. allow the other (baseball) team to score 9. grant as a discount or in exchange 10. allow the presence of or allow (an activity) without opposing or prohibiting.
v. 1. make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen 2. consent to, give permission 3. let have 4. give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause 5. make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remain 6. allow or plan for a certain possibility; concede the truth or validity of something 7. afford possibility 8. allow the other (baseball) team to score 9. grant as a discount or in exchange 10. allow the presence of or allow (an activity) without opposing or prohibiting. 
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181. You must allow three metres for a long - sleeved dress.
182. We shall allow some areas to become rich first ; Egalitarianism will not work.
183. The new role will allow Delaney to flex her acting muscles.
184. They have refused to allow international inspection of their nuclear facilities.
185. If you have once made a decision, stand by it, don't allow yourself to be argued round.
186. Allow twenty-five minutes to get through Passport Control and Customs.
187. You have to allow for a time lag between order and delivery.
188. He wanted a job that would allow him to keep his family in comfort.
189. Allow me to present my wife's cousin, Mr Zachary Colenso.
190. The military wants to allow only a sanitized report/version of the incident to become public.
191. They will not allow your more way-out ideas to pass unchallenged.
192. If you have once made a decision,stand by it;don't allow yourself to be argued around.
193. Newton's theories allow us to predict the flight of a cricket ball.
194. We must allow ten days for traveling from New York to Hong Kong.
195. No self-respecting government would allow such atrocities to be carried out in its name.
196. She opened the door and stood back to allow the man to pass through.
197. The government would not allow anyone to sneak in by the back door and seize power by force.
198. Until 1986 most companies would not even allow women to take the examinations, but such blatant discrimination is now disappearing.
199. These laws allow the security forces to continue to ride roughshod over the human rights of the people.
200. You should not allow unqualified people to carry out work on your house.
201. We like to allow a free flow of ideas in our company.
202. The UN has agreed to allow the supply of emergency aid.
203. Don't allow a minor irritation in the workplace to mar your ambitions.
204. In a historic vote, the Church of England decided to allow women to become priests.
205. Orders are despatched within 28 days but allow time for carriage.
206. The countries were locked in a trade war[sentence dictionary], refusing to allow imports of each other's goods.
207. He would allow John slyly to copy his answers to impossibly difficult algebra questions.
208. Take a deep breath and allow your lungs to fill.
209. A compromise must be found which will allow both sides in the dispute to save face.
210. Allow some of the plants to run to seed, and save the seed for next year.