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allow

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To grant, give, admit, accord, afford, or yield; to let one have.

  • To allow a servant his liberty
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The word "allow" is correct and usable in written English. You can use it to mean "to give permission or to make something possible". For example, "The teacher allowed the student to retake the test.".

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The rules do allow, however, for former employees collecting retirement benefits to serve as independent directors.

It seems improbable that they will simply vanish (the way a bank like IndyMac did), because the government won't allow it.

I am highly sceptical about this: Nicky Morgan as education secretary, in my view, has shown no commitment to protect education spending, or allow for inflation or increased pupil numbers.

Bowing the knee to Angela Merkel would allow Greece to get access to the short-term finance that will allow it to pay its debts, but it will be political suicide for Syriza.

There is no evidence of the preliminary tentative mark, of the initial hesitant touch of the pencil or crayon that would allow the artist to get his bearings and select the position for the first expressive line.

Downing Street defended its decision to allow a free vote for the second reading while imposing a three-line whip on the programme motion.

The residency permit will allow Snowden to travel out of Russia for the first time, provided he does not stay outside the country for more than three months at a time, Kucherena said.

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