Excuse me; allow me to point out three errors in the above article.
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Allow
//əˈlaʊ//
Synonyms for "allow" (234 found)
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Closest matches (47)
Verb(14 words)
Strong matches (70)
authorizeavowawardbatebe judiciousbearbelievebestowbestow onbrookbudgetcharge offcome cleancommunicateconcedeconferconfessconsentconsent toconsider
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consider the circumstancesconsider the sourcecop a pleacountcountenancecutdealdeal outdeductdeemdeferdepreciatediscountdish outdispensedisregarddoledole outdonateearmarkempowerenableendureentertainentitleesteemexcuseexercise judgmentexpress an opinionexpress general agreementextendfaceforgivefork outform an opiniongiftgift withgive freelygive leavegive out
Related words (117)
give permissiongive the go-aheadgive the wordgive upgo along withgrantgreenlighthand outhaveheaphelp toholdimpartissuejudgejustifykick backlavishlendlet have
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let onlicenselift temporarilyloanlotlumpmake allowancemake allowance formake possiblemetemete outnot opposeofferokokayopen upopineout with itoverlookownown uppardonpasspineplead guiltypourpresentpresumeprofferprovide forput asideput up withrainrebaterecognizereducerefundregardrelaxrelax the conditionreleaserendersanctionsay the wordserveset apartset asideshell outshowerslipsnowsparespillspill itspit it outstandstand forsubmitsubscribesuffersupposesustainswallowtake a premiumtake account oftake into accounttake into considerationtake offtake with a grain of salttell alltell the truthtenderthink oftolerateunderstandvouchsafewaivewarrantwrite offyield
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More general
24 entriesShowing 16 of 24 words.
Antonyms
8 entriesSynonyms
7 entriesRelated terms
2 entriesderived
14 entriesdistinct from
2 entriesmanner of
5 entriesrelated to
51 entriesShowing 16 of 51 words.
similar
8 entriesTranslations
274 translations across 85 languages.
Afrikaans
4 entries- aanvaar verb (to acknowledge the truth of)
- toelaat verb (to let one have)
- toelaat verb (to give permission)
- toelaat verb (to not bar or obstruct)
Albanian
1 entries- lejoj verb (to let one have)
Ancient Greek
2 entries- δῐ́δωμῐ verb (to let one have)
- ἐάω verb (to let one have)
Arabic
4 entries- أَذِنَ verb (to let one have)
- سَمَحَ verb (to let one have)
- سَمَحَ verb (to give permission)
- سَمَحَ بِـ verb (to give permission)
Armenian
3 entries- թողնել verb (to let one have)
- թույլ տալ verb (to let one have)
- թույլատրել verb (to let one have)
Aromanian
2 entries- alas verb (to let one have)
- las verb (to let one have)
Asturian
1 entries- dexar verb (to let one have)
Bangi
1 entries- lingisa verb (to let one have)
Belarusian
2 entries- дазваля́ць verb (to let one have)
- дазво́ліць verb (to let one have)
Bikol Central
1 entries- tugot verb (to let one have)
Bulgarian
4 entries- дава́м verb (to let one have)
- допускам verb (to not bar or obstruct)
- позволя́вам verb (to let one have)
- позволявам verb (to give permission)
Catalan
2 entries- deixar verb (to let one have)
- permetre verb (to give permission)
Cebuano
1 entries- tugot verb (to let one have)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 允許 /允许 verb (to let one have)
- 讓 /让 verb (to let one have)
Czech
4 entries- dovolit verb (to let one have)
- dovolit verb (to give permission)
- dovolovat verb (to let one have)
- povolit verb (to let one have)
Danish
4 entries- acceptere verb (to acknowledge the truth of)
- tillade verb (to let one have)
- tillade verb (to give permission)
- tillade verb (to not bar or obstruct)
Dutch
4 entries- toegeven verb (to acknowledge the truth of)
- toelaten verb (to let one have)
- toelaten verb (to give permission)
- toestaan verb (to let one have)
Esperanto
2 entries- allasi verb (to give permission)
- permesi verb (to give permission)
Estonian
1 entries- lubama verb (to let one have)
Faroese
1 entries- loyva verb (to let one have)
Finnish
4 entries- antaa alennus verb (to make allowance)
- antaa lupa verb (to give permission)
- hyväksyä verb (to acknowledge the truth of)
- myöntää verb (to let one have)
French
4 entries- accorder verb (to let one have)
- laisser verb (to let one have)
- laisser verb (to not bar or obstruct)
- permettre verb (to give permission)
Friulian
1 entries- lassâ verb (to let one have)
Galician
1 entries- deixar verb (to let one have)
German
4 entries- berücksichtigen verb (to make allowance)
- eingestehen verb (to acknowledge the truth of)
- einkalkulieren verb (to grant as a deduction or an addition)
- einkalkulieren verb (to make allowance)
Greek
4 entries- αναγνωρίζω verb (to acknowledge the truth of)
- αφήνω verb (to give permission)
- επιτρέπω verb (to give permission)
- επιτρέπω verb (to make allowance)
Haitian Creole
1 entries- pèmèt verb (to give permission)
Hebrew
4 entries- אישר verb (to let one have)
- אישר verb (to give permission)
- אפשר verb (to not bar or obstruct)
- אפשר verb (to render physically possible)
Hiligaynon
2 entries- pagtugot verb (to let one have)
- tugot verb (to let one have)
Hindi
1 entries- इजाज़त देना verb (to let one have)
Hungarian
4 entries- elfogad verb (to acknowledge the truth of)
- enged verb (to let one have)
- enged verb (to not bar or obstruct)
- enged verb (to grant as a deduction or an addition)
Icelandic
3 entries- leyfa verb (to let one have)
- leyfa verb (to not bar or obstruct)
- viðurkenna verb (to acknowledge the truth of)
Ido
1 entries- grantar verb (to let one have)
Irish
4 entries- admhaigh verb (to acknowledge the truth of)
- ceadaigh verb (to give permission)
- ceadaigh verb (to not bar or obstruct)
- lig do verb (to give permission)
Italian
4 entries- concedere verb (to not bar or obstruct)
- concedere verb (to acknowledge the truth of)
- consentire verb (to give permission)
- lasciare verb (to let one have)
Japanese
4 entries- 容認する verb (to let one have)
- 許す verb (to let one have)
- 許す verb (to give permission)
- 許す verb (to not bar or obstruct)
Khmer
1 entries- អនុញ្ញាត verb (to let one have)
Korean
1 entries- 허락하다 verb (to let one have)
Ladin
1 entries- lascer verb (to let one have)
Lao
3 entries- ຍອມ verb (to let one have)
- ອະນຸຍາດ verb (to let one have)
- ໃຫ້ verb (to let one have)
Latgalian
1 entries- ļaut verb (to let one have)
Latin
4 entries- condōnō verb (to let one have)
- cēdō verb (to give permission)
- sinō verb (to let one have)
- sinō verb (to give permission)
Latvian
1 entries- ļaut verb (to let one have)
Lingala
1 entries- lingisa verb (to let one have)
Macedonian
2 entries- дозволи verb (to let one have)
- дозволува verb (to let one have)
Maguindanao
1 entries- sugut verb (to let one have)
Malay
1 entries- membenarkan verb (to let one have)
Malayalam
4 entries- അനുവദിക്കുക verb (to let one have)
- അനുവദിക്കുക verb (to give permission)
- സമ്മതിക്കുക verb (to let one have)
- സമ്മതിക്കുക verb (to acknowledge the truth of)
Maranao
1 entries- sogot verb (to let one have)
Māori
3 entries- tuku verb (to let one have)
- tuku verb (to give permission)
- tuku verb (to not bar or obstruct)
Norwegian
2 entries- tillate verb (to let one have)
- tillate verb (to give permission)
Occitan
2 entries- daissar verb (to let one have)
- laissar verb (to let one have)
Old English
2 entries- lǣtan verb (to let one have)
- ālīefan verb (to let one have)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- براقمق verb (to let one have)
Persian
1 entries- اجازه دادن verb (to let one have)
Polish
4 entries- pozwalać verb (to let one have)
- pozwolić verb (to let one have)
- pozwolić verb (to give permission)
- przyznać verb (to not bar or obstruct)
Portuguese
4 entries- aceitar verb (to acknowledge the truth of)
- considerar verb (to grant as a deduction or an addition)
- deixar verb (to let one have)
- permitir verb (to let one have)
Romanian
4 entries- acorda verb (to let one have)
- admite verb (to let one have)
- admite verb (to not bar or obstruct)
- lăsa verb (to let one have)
Romansch
1 entries- lubir verb (to give permission)
Russian
4 entries- допуска́ть verb (to not bar or obstruct)
- допусти́ть verb (to not bar or obstruct)
- позво́лить verb (to let one have)
- позво́лить verb (to give permission)
Sardinian
2 entries- lassai verb (to let one have)
- lassare verb (to let one have)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- leig le verb (to give permission)
- leig le verb (to not bar or obstruct)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- dozvoliti verb (to let one have)
- дозволити verb (to let one have)
Sicilian
1 entries- lassari verb (to let one have)
Slovak
2 entries- dovoliť verb (to let one have)
- povoliť verb (to let one have)
Slovene
1 entries- dovoliti verb (to let one have)
Somali
1 entries- ogolaasho verb (to let one have)
Spanish
4 entries- conceder verb (to let one have)
- dejar verb (to let one have)
- permitir verb (to let one have)
- permitir verb (to give permission)
Swahili
4 entries- kubalia verb (to let one have)
- kubalia verb (to give permission)
- ruhusu verb (to let one have)
- ruhusu verb (to not bar or obstruct)
Swedish
1 entries- tillåta verb (to give permission)
Tagalog
1 entries- hayaan verb (to give permission)
Tajik
1 entries- иҷозат додан verb (to let one have)
Tamil
1 entries- அனுமதி verb (to give permission)
Thai
3 entries- ยอม verb (to let one have)
- อนุญาต verb (to let one have)
- ให้ verb (to let one have)
Tocharian B
2 entries- kälm verb (to give permission)
- tärk verb (to let one have)
Tok Pisin
3 entries- larim verb (to let one have)
- larim verb (to give permission)
- larim verb (to not bar or obstruct)
Ukrainian
4 entries- ви́знати verb (to acknowledge the truth of)
- визнава́ти verb (to acknowledge the truth of)
- врахо́вувати verb (to grant as a deduction or an addition)
- врахува́ти verb (to grant as a deduction or an addition)
Upper Sorbian
4 entries- pušćić verb (to let one have)
- pušćić verb (to give permission)
- pušćować verb (to let one have)
- pušćować verb (to give permission)
Urdu
1 entries- اجازت دینا verb (to let one have)
Venetan
1 entries- lasar verb (to let one have)
Vietnamese
4 entries- cho verb (to give permission)
- cho phép verb (to let one have)
- cho phép verb (to give permission)
- cấp phép verb (to give permission)
Walloon
2 entries- laire verb (to let one have)
- leyî verb (to let one have)
Welsh
2 entries- caniatáu verb (to let one have)
- caniatáu verb (to give permission)
Western Bukidnon Manobo
1 entries- tuɣut verb (to let one have)
Zazaki
1 entries- icazet dayen verb (to let one have)
Sample sentences
33 total sentences available.
You must allow for his youth.
Source: tatoeba (15814)
I will not allow you to be ill-treated.
Source: tatoeba (17887)
I can't allow you to do that.
Source: tatoeba (18018)
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