ALLOW


Meaning of ALLOW in English

verb

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

a constitution allows sth

The Constitution allows police to seize property used in a crime.

a loophole allows/enables sth

Security loopholes allowed the terrorists to plant the bombs unnoticed.

allow a maximum

To lose weight, allow yourself only 1,500 calories per day.

allow (sb) entry ( also grant (sb) entry formal ) (= let someone enter a place )

Citizens of most EU countries are allowed automatic entry into Britain.

legislation allows sth

It was a huge change when Russia passed legislation to allow the sale of private property.

uphold/allow an appeal (= give permission for a decision to be changed )

Judge Gabriel Hutton upheld Smith's appeal against a £250 fine.

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADVERB

also

The closures will also allow £483,000 extra to be spent on the region's remaining ten centres.

Congress also allows the Department of Transportation to reference additional but unauthorized amounts in full-funding agreements.

However, as noted above, the scheme also allows for two kinds of heterogeneity.

It also allowed and even encouraged employers to threaten workers who want to organize.

This extra width would also allow for right hand turning lanes to be incorporated at the junctions on to adjacent military land.

It also allows employees to offer testimonials on which products and services are good, Phillips said.

They also allowed a reconsideration of the duke's earlier endowment, some of which was surrendered.

Each individual in a household is also allowed a personal exemption of $ 2000.

never

She would never allow him a reason to pity her again, to hold her in contempt.

Despite his feelings of insecurity, Joe never allowed himself to be intimidated by the other children.

After the Ken Noakes episode in her life, she had never allowed anyone to come so close to her.

Control the circumstances, never allow circumstances to control you.

We should never allow ourselves to be swayed by our feelings.

My parents never allowed me to go anywhere.

But his message was lost on a people enjoying an economic and political freedom that he had never allowed them.

However the planners never allowed it to open and the building is set to be demolished within the next few weeks.

■ NOUN

access

With no words spoken the crowd parted before the old man, allowing him immediate access to the bar.

Companies should allow reasonable access to documents and information.

Reporters have not been allowed access to Chi Ma Wan or any of the other detention centres.

The project could include a pedestrian bridge over Valley Parkway that would allow easy access to the arts center and City Hall.

This allows Quatro Pro to access directly data from third-party databases.

The extra plants at the surface allow her access to the top of the water to take air.

We should be allowed unrestricted access to outside money sources.

It was among the last countries in the region to allow access to the Internet.

appeal

I agree with the reasons given for allowing the appeal .

The High Court allowed the taxpayer's appeal and the Crown was given leave to appeal.

To that extent I would allow these appeals .

Accordingly, I allow the appeal and set aside the order.

Held, allowing the appeal , but ordering a retrial.

I agree with it and, for the reasons given him, I, too, would allow the appeal .

For these reasons I would allow these appeals .

law

Texas state law does not allow for the substitution of an independent candidate once he has won a spot on the ballot.

Credit unions are by law not allowed to charge more than 12.6 percent interest on loans to their members.

Federal law allows plaintiffs to collect up to $ 100, 000 per infringement.

The Volkskammer on Jan. 11-12 gave a first reading to a law allowing an alternative of 18 months' civilian service.

Arizona law allows rattlesnake hunters to catch a maximum of four snakes per day in each of the four major varieties.

Algebraic laws alone only allow us to prove one occam program equal to another.

However, Clinton has disregarded the debt ceiling law , allowing the nation to spiral further into debt.

system

The government ration card system allows an urban family to buy a case of imported beer for about 400 Kwanza.

Louis County Police developed a system that allows officers to call in their reports, rather than write them up.

There should be a system allowing users to backtrack over previous links.

The move follows complaints from television companies about the delay caused by the present system that allows three false starts.

The state is passive in the productive system , allowing private actors to operate in a relatively unconstrained manner.

■ VERB

refuse

The manager was refusing to allow the Committee to use the hall for nothing.

The civil trial provided a more subdued sequel, since Fujisaki refused to allow television cameras into his courtroom.

Non-classical literature is an unpleasant, disquieting literature which refuses to allow the sophisms of bourgeois complacency to go unchallenged.

The same kind of yelping small-mindedness was shown when Thatcher refused to allow Roy Jenkins to take part in the Cenotaph service.

Individually and collectively, they refuse to allow us to be foreigners through our worst pain.

Say that if he refused to allow us to marry you would even run away with me?

In fact, a federal bankruptcy court in 1994 refused to allow asbestos claims to go forward against Jim Walter.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

Our apartment complex does not allow pets.

Paul's bank now allows him £35 a week, and Geoff can withdraw no more than £40.

The manager doesn't allow children in the bar.

Under federal law, Indian nations are allowed to operate casinos on their reservations, with the state's permission.

We do not allow eating in the classrooms.

We do not allow people to smoke anywhere in the building.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

At least one of the new filter starting bacteria mixes claims to allow you to start your tank fully stocked.

He knows the Treasury does not allow departments to earmark tax revenues.

He spent more than ten days in the neurology unit at Glasgow's Southern General before being allowed home.

Most colleges will allow students to change their subject choices in the early weeks of an academic session.

She has been allowed out now to visit her family because she has just married off her only daughter.

We allow visitor play on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

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