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āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "allow"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻ…āύ⧁āĻŽāϤāĻŋ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻ›āĻžāĻĄāĻŧ

to let someone or something do a particular thing
Transitive: to allow sth
Ditransitive: to allow sb to do sth
to allow definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The new policy allows employees to work remotely.
āύāϤ⧁āύ āύ⧀āϤāĻŋ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽā§€āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĻā§‚āϰ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻŽāϤāĻŋ āĻĻ⧇āϝāĻŧāĨ¤
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āĻ…āύ⧁āĻŽāϤāĻŋ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻ›āĻžāĻĄāĻŧ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to let someone or something enter or exit a particular place or go in a certain direction
Transitive: to allow sb/sth somewhere
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The bouncer allowed only VIP guests into the exclusive club.
āĻŦāĻžāωāĻ¨ā§āϏāĻžāϰ āĻļ⧁āϧ⧁āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰ āĻ­āĻŋāφāχāĻĒāĻŋ āĻ…āϤāĻŋāĻĨāĻŋāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻāĻ•ā§āϏāĻ•ā§āϞ⧁āϏāĻŋāĻ­ āĻ•ā§āϞāĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦ⧇āĻļ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻŽāϤāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ…āύ⧁āĻŽāϤāĻŋ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻ¸ā§āĻŦā§€āĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to let someone have a particular thing
Ditransitive: to allow sb sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She allows her children one hour of TV each day.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻžāύāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻĻāĻŋāύ āĻāĻ• āϘāĻ¨ā§āϟāĻž āϟāĻŋāĻ­āĻŋ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻžāϰ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻŽāϤāĻŋ āĻĻ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻ…āύ⧁āĻŽāϤāĻŋ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āϏāĻžāĻŽāĻžā§āϜāĻ¸ā§āϝ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to let a particular thing take place or be done
Transitive: to allow an action
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Smoking is not allowed in this building.
āĻāχ āĻ­āĻŦāύ⧇ āϧ⧂āĻŽāĻĒāĻžāύ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻŽā§‹āĻĻāĻŋāϤ āύāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
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āĻ…āύ⧁āĻŽāϤāĻŋ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āϏāĻ•ā§āώāĻŽ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to make a specific thing possible, particularly something useful or helpful
Transitive: to allow for an action
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
This software allows for seamless collaboration among team members.
āĻāχ āϏāĻĢā§āϟāĻ“āϝāĻŧā§āϝāĻžāϰāϟāĻŋ āĻĻāϞ⧇āϰ āϏāĻĻāĻ¸ā§āϝāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āύāĻŋāϰāĻŦāĻŋāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āύ āϏāĻšāϝ⧋āĻ—āĻŋāϤāĻž āϏāĻ•ā§āώāĻŽ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻŦāϰāĻžāĻĻā§āĻĻ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϏ⧁āύāĻŋāĻļā§āϚāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

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
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She allowed a few extra minutes in case of traffic.
āĻŸā§āϰāĻžāĻĢāĻŋāϕ⧇āϰ āĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧇ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻ•āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ…āϤāĻŋāϰāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϤ āĻŽāĻŋāύāĻŋāϟ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻŽāϤāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻ¸ā§āĻŦā§€āĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ—ā§āϰāĻšāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to acknowledge or accept the truth, validity, or correctness of something
Transitive: to allow sth | to allow that
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
I must allow that your argument makes sense.
āφāĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦā§€āĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇ āϝ⧇ āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻŦā§‹āϧāĻ—āĻŽā§āϝāĨ¤

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

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