(~ted)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
If someone ~s something, they allow it to happen. If they ~ you to do something, they allow you to do it. (FORMAL)
He can let the court’s decision stand and ~ the execution...
Employees are ~ted to use the golf course during their free hours...
No outside journalists have been ~ted into the country...
If they appear to be under 12, then the doorman is not allowed to ~ them entry to the film.
VERB: V n, V n to-inf, be V-ed into n, V n n
2.
A ~ is an official document which says that you may do something. For example you usually need a ~ to work in a foreign country.
The majority of foreign nationals working here have work ~s...
N-COUNT
3.
If a situation ~s something, it makes it possible for that thing to exist, happen, or be done or it provides the opportunity for it. (FORMAL)
He sets about creating an environment that just doesn’t ~ experiment, it encourages it...
Try to go out for a walk at lunchtime, if the weather ~s...
This method of cooking also ~s heat to penetrate evenly from both sides.
= allow
VERB: V n, V, V n to-inf, also V of n
4.
If you ~ yourself something, you allow yourself to do something that you do not normally do or that you think you probably should not do.
Captain Bowen ~ted himself one cigar a day...
Only once in his life had Douglas ~ted himself to lose control of his emotions.
= allow
VERB: V pron-refl n, V pron-refl to-inf
5.
You can use ~ me when you are about to say something or to make a suggestion. (FORMAL)
Permit me to give you some advice...
= allow me
PHRASE: PHR to-inf politeness