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Definition
allow Show phoneticsverb [T]
1 GIVE PERMISSION to give someone permission for something
[often passive] Smoking is not allowed in the restaurant.
Are dogs allowed in the hotel?
[+ to do sth] You are not allowed to use calculators in the exam.
[+ two objects] Patients are not allowed visitors after nine o'clock.
2 NOT PREVENT to not prevent something from happening
[+ to do sth] They have allowed the problem to get much worse.
3 MAKE POSSIBLE to make it possible for someone to do something
[+ to do sth] The extra money will allow me to upgrade my computer.
4 TIME/MONEY to plan to use a particular amount of money, time, etc for something
Allow three hours for the whole journey.
