allow

Значение

To let one have as a suitable share of something.
To permit, to give permission to.
To not bar or obstruct.
To acknowledge, accept the truth of; to concede; to accede to an opinion.
To grant (something) as a deduction or an addition; especially to abate or deduct.
To make an allowance, to take into account when making plans.
To render physically possible.
(obsolete) To praise; to approve of; hence, to sanction.
(obsolete) To sanction; to invest; to entrust.
(obsolete) To like; to be suited or pleased with.
To decide (a request) in favour of the party who raised it; to grant victory to a party regarding (a request).
To forgo bothering with, to let slide.

Частота

Произносится как (IPA)

/əˈlaʊ/

Этимология

From Middle English allowen, alowen, a borrowing from Anglo-Norman allouer, alouer, from Medieval Latin allaudāre, present active infinitive of allaudō, merged with alouer, from Medieval Latin allocō (“to assign”). Doublet of allaud (via allaudāre) or allocate (via allocāre). The similarity with Middle English alyfen (from Old English ālīefan) and German erlauben, both from Proto-Germanic *uzlaubijaną (“to allow”) is coincidental.