- Types Of Speech
- You can use allow as a verb in a sentence.
- About Allow
- A 2 syllables verb and 5 letters with the letters a, l, o, and w, 3 consonants, 2 vowels and 2 syllables with the middle letter l. Allow starts with a vowel and ends in a consonant with the starting letters a, al, all, allo, and the ending characters are w, ow, low, llow, . Allow is also a double consonant (ll) word. View the double consonant words list.
- Definition
- Allow or plan for a certain possibility; concede the truth or validity of something; "I allow for this possibility"; "The seamstress planned for 5% shrinkage after the first wash"
- Origin/Roots
- Middle English
- School Grade
- Allow is set as a grade one word that starts with a, ends with w, 2 syllables, 2 vowels and 5 letters.
- Scrabble
- Is allow a scrabble word? A 8 point word in scrabble. Check the word games tab below for probability, odds and more.
- Pig Latin
- Allow in Pig Latin is said as "alloway or allowway".
- Unigram
- a | l | l | o | w
- Bigram
- al | ll | lo | ow
- Trigram
- all | llo | low
- Quadrigram
- allo | llow
- Word Gram
- Verb Examples
- allow or plan for a certain possibility;
concede the truth or validity of something;
"I allow for this possibility";
"The seamstress planned for 5% shrinkage after the first wash" - give or assign a share of money or time to a particular person or cause;
"I will earmark this money for your research" - allow the presence of or allow (an activity) without opposing or prohibiting;
"We don't allow dogs here";
"Children are not permitted beyond this point";
"We cannot tolerate smoking in the hospital" - let have;
"grant permission";
"Mandela was allowed few visitors in prison" - grant as a discount or in exchange;
"The camera store owner allowed me $50 on my old camera" - allow the other (baseball) team to score;
"give up a run" - make a possibility or provide opportunity for;
permit to be attainable or cause to remain;
"This leaves no room for improvement";
"The evidence allows only one conclusion";
"allow for mistakes";
"leave lots of time for the trip";
"This procedure provides - afford possibility;
"This problem admits of no solution";
"This short story allows of several different interpretations"
| Synonym | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abate | become less in amount or intensity "The storm abated" "The rain let up after a few hours" |
| Abide | put up with something or somebody unpleasant "I cannot bear his constant criticism" "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks" "he learned to tolerate the heat" "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage" |
| Absorb | cause to become one with "The sales tax is absorbed into the state income tax" |
| Accede | to agree or express agreement "The Maestro assented to the request for an encore" |
| Accept | tolerate or accommodate oneself to "I shall have to accept these unpleasant working conditions" "I swallowed the insult" "She has learned to live with her husband''s little idiosyncracies" |
| Accord | sympathetic compatibility |
| Account | the quality of taking advantage "she turned her writing skills to good account" |
| Acknowledge | accept (someone) to be what is claimed or accept his power and authority "The Crown Prince was acknowledged as the true heir to the throne" "We do not recognize your gods" |
| Acquiesce | to agree or express agreement "The Maestro assented to the request for an encore" |
| Acquiescence | agreement with a statement or proposal to do something "he gave his assent eagerly" "a murmur of acquiescence from the assembly" |
View all cognitive synonyms for Allow
| Anagram | Definition |
|---|---|
| Allow | allow or plan for a certain possibility concede the truth or validity of something "I allow for this possibility" "The seamstress planned for 5% shrinkage after the first wash" |
View English words with the unique letters used in allow. Words With The Letters Alow
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Calculate | make a mathematical calculation or computation |
| Count On | |
| Estimate | a judgment of the qualities of something or somebody "many factors are involved in any estimate of human life" "in my estimation the boy is innocent" |
| Figure | a predetermined set of movements in dancing or skating "she made the best score on compulsory figures" |
| Forecast | a prediction about how something (as the weather) will develop |
| Reckon | expect, believe, or suppose "I imagine she earned a lot of money with her new novel" "I thought to find her in a bad state" "he didn''t think to find her in the kitchen" "I guess she is angry at me for standing her up" |
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Budget For |
| Name | Male | Female |
|---|---|---|
| Calloway | No | No |
| Galloway | Yes | No |
| Word | Scrabble | Words With Friends | Word Chums | 4Pics1Word | Jumble |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wallow (6 letters) | 12 +4 | 14 +4 | wallow | ||
| AWOL (4 letters) | 7 | 8 | awol | ||
| Allow (5 letters) | 8 | 10 | allow | ||
| Lay Low (7 letters) |
Allow Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With A
- Ends With W
- Spelled With / Contains Letters
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