( some results may take a moment to update )
(3) - Merriam-Webster Dictionary
+ ♪ (1)
(1) - Verb entries...
+ ♪ (1)
(3) - { allow } : ( ✔ )Innoffensive?
+ ♪
[Verb] | "al*low" | \ ə-ˈlau̇ \
1: permit
2: to fail to restrain or prevent
3: to assign as a share or suitable amount (as of time or money)
Origin: 14th century ;
Middle English alowen, allowen "to commend, approve of, legally recognize, permit, take into account, compensate," borrowed from Anglo-French aluer, aloer "to place, allot, commend, accept as legally valid, permit, take into account, assess," probably in part from a- (going back to Latin ad- {see: |ad-|ad-}) + loer "to praise," going back to Latin laudāre; in part going back to Medieval Latin allocāre "to place, admit, credit" {mat|laud:2|laud:2}, {mat|allocate|allocate};
(2) - Phrasal verb entries...
(3) - { allow for } : ( ✔ )Innoffensive?
[Phrasal verb] | "allow for"
1: to think about or plan for (something that will or might happen in the future)
2: to consider (something) when one makes a calculation
3: to make (something) possible
(1) - { allow of } : ( ✔ )Innoffensive?
[Phrasal verb] | "allow of"
1: to make (something) possible : permit
(5) - Merriam-Webster Thesaurus
(1) - Noun entries...
(4) - Verb entries...
(3) - { allowing } : ( ✔ )Innoffensive?
[Verb] | "allowing"
1: to give permission for or to approve of;
* e.g., " ... flash photography is not allowed inside the church "
Synonyms :
Antonyms :
2: to give permission to;
* e.g., " ... a boarding school that does not allow students to go on weekend trips without written permission "
Synonyms :
Antonyms :
3: to fail to prevent (some behavior on someone's part) especially from neglect or indifference;
* e.g., " ... only a lazy gardener would allow the weeds to grow that high "
Synonyms :
Antonyms :
(3) - { allow } : ( ✔ )Innoffensive?
[Verb] | "allow"
1: to give permission for or to approve of;
* e.g., " ... flash photography is not allowed inside the church "
Synonyms :
have,
2: to give permission to;
* e.g., " ... a boarding school that does not allow students to go on weekend trips without written permission "
(1) - { allow (for) } : ( ✔ )Innoffensive?
[Verb] | "allow (for)"
1: to give consideration to (as unexpected circumstances or contingencies);
* e.g., " ... budget your time to allow for the possibility of unexpected problems "
Synonyms :
(1) - { allow (of) } : ( ✔ )Innoffensive?
[Verb] | "allow (of)"
1: to make possible especially to the exclusion of other possibilities;
* e.g., " ... I'm afraid the problem doesn't allow of any other solution "
Synonyms :
Antonyms :
(N/A)
(10) - Urban Dictionary
... may be offensive!
# 1 - { allow it:529735 }
👍 Likes!0 : 👎 Dislikes!0
[ "allow it" ]
1: "allow it" means to just leave something alone, or don't worry about it. People in West London say this quite often.
* e.g., ... Ahmed: Wanna walk to the station?
# 2 - { allow:258460 }
👍 Likes!0 : 👎 Dislikes!0
[ "allow" ]
1: To say A-LLOW means eitha forget that or hell naw.
* e.g., ... ''shall we go and see wat dion and letesha are doin?''
# 3 - { allow:2160271 }
👍 Likes!0 : 👎 Dislikes!0
[ "allow" ]
1: -Let it be
* e.g., ... -"Allow that bitch, she's rough!"
[ "allow" ]
2: -Forget about it
* e.g., ... -"Want some next blast of this Bells, blud? Nah... allow that man, that shit's harsh!"
[ "allow" ]
3: -Don't let it trouble you
* e.g., ... - "Come we go Wetherspoons, last place open round these ends at this time. init!" -"Allow that! That fucking place is full of old ropey, haggard cunts.
[ "allow" ]
4: -Don't even think about it
[ "allow" ]
5: -Fuck that shit
[ "allow" ]
6: -Don't bother with it
[ "allow" ]
7: -Not now, some other time
# 4 - { Allow That:1556584 }
👍 Likes!0 : 👎 Dislikes!0
[ "Allow That" ]
1: Many people have said that this word means 'leave it out' or 'don't bother'. We it does mean this but it is also used as a sign of agreement to a situation.
* e.g., ... Jim: Mate have u got dat new playstation game where ya like kill people
[ "Allow That" ]
2: It largely depends on the tone
* e.g., ... Ben: Yeah mate allow that (pulls off a whip)
[ "Allow That" ]
3: So it can either mean 'fuck that', 'can't be arsed' or on the other had 'yeah mate', 'lets have some of that'
* e.g., ... OR
[ "Allow That" ]
4: If said in the negative term it would be said with a lowering in the pitch of voice towards the end of the phrase, if however said in the positive it would be said with a rise in the pitch of the voice towards the end of the phrase.
* e.g., ... Benson: You know we gotta be up at 6am tomorrow!!!
[ "Allow That" ]
5: As well as this in the positive it is accompanied by the whip thing chavs do on the 'that'
* e.g., ... Hedges: Allow that
# 5 - { allowance:210470 }
👍 Likes!0 : 👎 Dislikes!0
[ "allowance" ]
1: what all you wannabe thugs are living off of.
* e.g., ... I can't buy a sac today because my dad grounded me and took my allowance.
# 6 - { Allowance:13344876 }
👍 Likes!0 : 👎 Dislikes!0
[ "Allowance" ]
1: Money given to white kids on a weekly/monthly basis by their white parents
* e.g., ... Alice: Don’t your parents give you an allowance?
# 7 - { allow it:10307121 }
👍 Likes!0 : 👎 Dislikes!0
[ "allow it" ]
1: widely used by working class youth amongst the london area. contrary to the standard definition of 'allow', the slang phrase 'allow it' is often exclaimed to express unwillingness, dislike or general negative opinions towards any given subject.
can also be exchanged for 'allow that', however this is generally considered an ill conceived middle class variant.
* e.g., ... steve: yo i'm gonna change the track this one's bare prang
tim: oi allow it man!
# 8 - { allow:285007 }
👍 Likes!0 : 👎 Dislikes!0
[ "allow" ]
1: stop, don't do that, no
* e.g., ... allow drugs
# 9 - { allowed:1438433 }
👍 Likes!0 : 👎 Dislikes!0
[ "allowed" ]
1: When you allow someone, you break all contact. No more emails, txts, phone calls etc. It's appropriate for an ex., someone you're not friends with any more or just anybody who you aren't going to correspond with any more. When the act of allowance is performed, then that person shall become "allowed". At that point you never reply to any messages they send or return any calls. If you go as far as deleting them from your contact list, address book etc. then they shall be known as truly allowed. You can allow a person, an object or an event.
* e.g., ... Example 1: I've had enough of Bronwen, she can consider herself allowed.
# 10 - { allow:3075252 }
👍 Likes!0 : 👎 Dislikes!0
[ "allow" ]
1: To let it be. In other word, no.
* e.g., ... - Any one up for some herpes?
(0) - Rhymes
... from Words API
No results from Words API...
(0) - Conjugations
... from Linguatools Conjugations API
No results from Linguatools Conjugations API...
(0) - Frequency Data
... from Words API
No results from Words API...
(0) - Related Words
... from Word Associations API
No results from Word Associations API...
You must be signed in to post comments!
Top comments for:
"allowing"