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How to pronounce “allow”
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Pronunciation guide for allow
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of allow with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Surrounded by Geniuses
ears that allow them to hear a mile away
- Definition summary
- (ditransitive) To let one have as a suitable share of something.
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce allow
Surrounded by Geniuses
ears that allow them to hear a mile away
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “allow”
Meaning
- [Verb]
- (ditransitive) To let one have as a suitable share of something.
- (transitive, catenative) To permit, to give permission to.
- To not bar or obstruct.
- (transitive) To acknowledge, accept the truth of; to concede; to accede to an opinion.
- (transitive) To grant (something) as a deduction or an addition; especially to abate or deduct.
- (transitive) To make an allowance, to take into account when making plans.
- (transitive) To render physically possible.
- (transitive, obsolete) To praise; to approve of; hence, to sanction.
- (obsolete) To sanction; to invest; to entrust.
- (transitive, obsolete) To like; to be suited or pleased with.
- (law, transitive) To decide (a request) in favour of the party who raised it; to grant victory to a party regarding (a request).
- (transitive, MTE, MLE) To forgo bothering with, to let slide.
Practice Nearby Words
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Similar Sounds
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