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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211. She didn't allow her emotions to get the better of her.
212. Instruments developed at the hospital allow doctors to thread microscopic telescopes into the digestive tract.
213. We have to allow for the possibility that we might not finish on schedule.
214. These glasses allow you to see the film in three-D.
215. His wanderlust would not allow him to stay long in one spot.
216. "I will not allow that kind of behaviour in my class, " the teacher said severely.
217. Allow plenty of space for this plant as its roots spread widely.
218. He wouldn't allow emotions to get in the way of him doing his job.