allow
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen
This permits the water to rush in
Types & categories
- pass hyponym
Related & opposite
- prevent antonym
Sense 2 verb
consent to, give permission
She permitted her son to visit her estranged husband
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- nix antonym
- permission derivation
- license derivation
- sanction derivation
- permissible derivation
- allowable derivation
- permissive derivation
- grant verb group
Sense 3 verb
let have
grant permission
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause
I will earmark this money for your research
Types & categories
- portion hypernym
Related & opposite
- hallmark derivation
- allowance derivation
- stockpile derivation
- appropriable derivation
Sense 5 verb
make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remain
This leaves no room for improvement
Types & categories
- yield hypernym
Related & opposite
- admit verb group
Sense 6 verb
allow or plan for a certain possibility; concede the truth or validity of something
I allow for this possibility
Types & categories
- figure hypernym
- budget for hyponym
Related & opposite
- allowable derivation
Sense 7 verb
afford possibility
This problem admits of no solution
Related & opposite
Sense 8 verb
allow the other (baseball) team to score
give up a run
Sense 9 verb
grant as a discount or in exchange
The camera store owner allowed me $50 on my old camera
Types & categories
- discount hypernym
Sense 10 verb
allow the presence of or allow (an activity) without opposing or prohibiting
We don't allow dogs here
Types & categories
- permit hypernym
Related & opposite
- permission derivation
- allowance derivation
- leeway derivation
- license derivation
- permissive derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | prevent |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | pass |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | nix |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | permission |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | license |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | sanction |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | permissible |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | allowable |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | permissive |
| 2 | verb group | Related & opposite | grant |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | consent |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | brook |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | furlough |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | give |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | permit |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | authorize |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | let in |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | privilege |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | legitimate |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | trust |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | allow in |
| 3 | antonym | Related & opposite | refuse |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | grant |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | granter |
| 3 | verb group | Related & opposite | permit |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | give |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | vouchsafe |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | allowance |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | hallmark |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | allowance |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | stockpile |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | appropriable |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | portion |
| 5 | verb group | Related & opposite | admit |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | yield |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | allowable |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | figure |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | budget for |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | allowable |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | admissive |
| 7 | verb group | Related & opposite | allow for |
| 9 | hypernym | Types & categories | discount |
| 10 | derivation | Related & opposite | permission |
| 10 | derivation | Related & opposite | allowance |
| 10 | derivation | Related & opposite | leeway |
| 10 | derivation | Related & opposite | license |
| 10 | derivation | Related & opposite | permissive |
| 10 | hypernym | Types & categories | permit |