āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
to allow
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āĻ āύā§āĻŽāϤāĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻāĻžāĻĄāĻŧ
to let someone or something do a particular thing
Transitive: to allow sth
Ditransitive: to allow sb to do sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The new policy allows employees to work remotely.
āύāϤā§āύ āύā§āϤāĻŋ āĻāϰā§āĻŽā§āĻĻā§āϰ āĻĻā§āϰ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāϰāĻžāϰ āĻ
āύā§āĻŽāϤāĻŋ āĻĻā§āϝāĻŧāĨ¤
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āĻ āύā§āĻŽāϤāĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻāĻžāĻĄāĻŧ āĻĻā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻž
to let someone or something enter or exit a particular place or go in a certain direction
Transitive: to allow sb/sth somewhere
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The bouncer allowed only VIP guests into the exclusive club.
āĻŦāĻžāĻāύā§āϏāĻžāϰ āĻļā§āϧā§āĻŽāĻžāϤā§āϰ āĻāĻŋāĻāĻāĻĒāĻŋ āĻ
āϤāĻŋāĻĨāĻŋāĻĻā§āϰ āĻāĻā§āϏāĻā§āϞā§āϏāĻŋāĻ āĻā§āϞāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦā§āĻļ āĻ
āύā§āĻŽāϤāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤
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āĻ āύā§āĻŽāϤāĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻž, āϏā§āĻŦā§āĻāĻžāϰ āĻāϰāĻž
to let someone have a particular thing
Ditransitive: to allow sb sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She allows her children one hour of TV each day.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āϏāύā§āϤāĻžāύāĻĻā§āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻĻāĻŋāύ āĻāĻ āĻāύā§āĻāĻž āĻāĻŋāĻāĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻāĻžāϰ āĻ
āύā§āĻŽāϤāĻŋ āĻĻā§āύāĨ¤
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āĻ āύā§āĻŽāϤāĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻž, āϏāĻžāĻŽāĻā§āĻāϏā§āϝ āĻāϰāĻž
to let a particular thing take place or be done
Transitive: to allow an action
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Smoking is not allowed in this building.
āĻāĻ āĻāĻŦāύ⧠āϧā§āĻŽāĻĒāĻžāύ āĻ
āύā§āĻŽā§āĻĻāĻŋāϤ āύāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
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āĻ āύā§āĻŽāϤāĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻž, āϏāĻā§āώāĻŽ āĻāϰāĻž
to make a specific thing possible, particularly something useful or helpful
Transitive: to allow for an action
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
This software allows for seamless collaboration among team members.
āĻāĻ āϏāĻĢā§āĻāĻāϝāĻŧā§āϝāĻžāϰāĻāĻŋ āĻĻāϞā§āϰ āϏāĻĻāϏā§āϝāĻĻā§āϰ āĻŽāϧā§āϝ⧠āύāĻŋāϰāĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻŋāύā§āύ āϏāĻšāϝā§āĻāĻŋāϤāĻž āϏāĻā§āώāĻŽ āĻāϰā§āĨ¤
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āĻŦāϰāĻžāĻĻā§āĻĻ āĻāϰāĻž, āϏā§āύāĻŋāĻļā§āĻāĻŋāϤ āĻāϰāĻž
to make sure one has a sufficient amount of something such as time, food, money, etc. available for a specific purpose
Transitive: to allow time, space, or resource
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She allowed a few extra minutes in case of traffic.
āĻā§āϰāĻžāĻĢāĻŋāĻā§āϰ āĻā§āώā§āϤā§āϰ⧠āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ
āϤāĻŋāϰāĻŋāĻā§āϤ āĻŽāĻŋāύāĻŋāĻ āĻ
āύā§āĻŽāϤāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§āύāĨ¤
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āϏā§āĻŦā§āĻāĻžāϰ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻā§āϰāĻšāĻŖ āĻāϰāĻž
to acknowledge or accept the truth, validity, or correctness of something
Transitive: to allow sth | to allow that
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
I must allow that your argument makes sense.
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