allows

1. make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happenExamples: "This permits the water to rush in"; "This sealed door won't allow the water come into the basement"; "This will permit the rain to run off"Synonyms: allow, let, permitAntonyms: prevent

2. consent to, give permissionExamples: "She permitted her son to visit her estranged husband"; "I won't let the police search her basement"; "I cannot allow you to see your exam"Synonyms: allow, countenance, let, permitAntonyms: disallow, forbid

3. let haveExamples: "grant permission"; "Mandela was allowed few visitors in prison"Synonyms: allow, grantAntonyms: deny

4. give or assign a resource to a particular person or causeExamples: "I will earmark this money for your research"; "She sets aside time for meditation every day"Synonyms: allow, appropriate, earmark, reserve, set aside

5. make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remainExamples: "This leaves no room for improvement"; "The evidence allows only one conclusion"; "allow for mistakes"Synonyms: allow, allow for, leave, provide

6. allow or plan for a certain possibility; concede the truth or validity of somethingExamples: "I allow for this possibility"; "The seamstress planned for 5% shrinkage after the first wash"Synonyms: allow, take into account