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allow: transitive verb
allow for: transitive verb

allow [əˈlaʊ] VB trans

1. allow (permit):

allow

to allow sb to do sth

permitir que alguém faça a. c.

smoking is not allowed

é proibido fumar

2. allow (allocate):

allow

we'll allow a half hour for finishing this

daremos meia hora para que terminem

3. allow (admit):

to allow that ...

admitir que ...

allow for VB trans

allow for

Usage examples with allow

to allow that ...

admitir que ...

to allow sth to wither

deixar a. c. perder a vida

to allow sb to do sth

permitir que alguém faça a. c.

we'll allow a half hour for finishing this

daremos meia hora para que terminem

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It was our hardheaded refusal to allow those in power who had wronged us to have the final word. grantland.com

It will allow us to identify how we can help meet the government's targets relating to renewable energy generation and carbon reduction. news.bbc.co.uk

Underneath the living rosettes, the plants typically produce nonphotosynthetic material or allow previous leaves to die, creating an insulating effect. en.wikipedia.org

These atomic commits allow for greater understandability, less effort to roll back changes, easier bug identification. en.wikipedia.org

New materials such as nonwoven polypropylene fabric allow the sheet to be disposable due to their low price. en.wikipedia.org

The chemical resistance of glass can allow it to remain in a corrosive environment for many thousands and even millions of years. en.wikipedia.org

If you want to allow your number to be displayed, hang up, dial 82 or 1182 from rotary phones, and redial the number. en.wikipedia.org

Do you allow those walls to be vilolated with a simple act of a registered letter? patentlyo.com

Alternatively, less popular binding corporate rules may be drafted and approved by the national authority to allow intra-group transfers of personal data. www.thenextwomen.com

Then he sent an aide to convince the pickets to allow his force through. en.wikipedia.org

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