1. [verb] (transitive) To grant, give, admit, accord, afford, or yield; to let one have.
2. [verb] (transitive) To acknowledge; to accept as true; to concede; to accede to an opinion.
3. [verb] (transitive) To grant (something) as a deduction or an addition; especially to abate or deduct.
4. [verb] (transitive) To grant license to; to permit; to consent to.
5. [verb] To not bar or obstruct.
6. [verb] (intransitive) To acknowledge or concede.
7. [verb] (transitive) To take into account by making an allowance.
8. [verb] (transitive) To render physically possible.
9. [verb] (transitive) (obsolete) To praise; to approve of; hence, to sanction.
10. [verb] (obsolete) To sanction; to invest; to entrust.
11. [verb] (transitive) (obsolete) To like; to be suited or pleased with.
12. [verb] Make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen; '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'.
13. [verb] Consent to, give permission; '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'.
14. [verb] Let have; 'grant permission'; 'Mandela was allowed few visitors in prison'.
15. [verb] Give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause; 'I will earmark this money for your research'; 'She sets aside time for meditation every day'.
16. [verb] Make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remain; 'This leaves no room for improvement'; 'The evidence allows only one conclusion'; 'allow for mistakes'; 'leave lots of time for the trip'; 'This procedure provides for lots of leeway'.
17. [verb] Allow or plan for a certain possibility; concede the truth or validity of something; 'I allow for this possibility'; 'The seamstress planned for 5% shrinkage after the first wash'.
18. [verb] Afford possibility; 'This problem admits of no solution'; 'This short story allows of several different interpretations'.
19. [verb] Allow the other (baseball) team to score; 'give up a run'.
20. [verb] Grant as a discount or in exchange; 'The camera store owner allowed me $50 on my old camera'.
21. [verb] Allow the presence of or allow (an activity) without opposing or prohibiting; 'We don't allow dogs here'; 'Children are not permitted beyond this point'; 'We cannot tolerate smoking in the hospital'.
