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We found 38 dictionaries with English definitions that include the word allow:
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General (32 matching dictionaries)

1. allow: Merriam-Webster.com [home, info]
2. allow: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries [home, info]
3. allow: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language [home, info]
4. allow: Collins English Dictionary [home, info]
5. allow: Vocabulary.com [home, info]
6. allow: Macmillan Dictionary [home, info]
7. Allow, allow: Wordnik [home, info]
8. allow: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary [home, info]
9. allow: Wiktionary [home, info]
10. allow: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed. [home, info]
11. allow: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus [home, info]
12. allow: Infoplease Dictionary [home, info]
13. allow: Dictionary.com [home, info]
14. allow: Online Etymology Dictionary [home, info]
15. allow: UltraLingua English Dictionary [home, info]
16. allow: Cambridge Dictionary of American English [home, info]
17. allow: Cambridge International Dictionary of Idioms [home, info]
18. Allow: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia [home, info]
19. allow: Cambridge International Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs [home, info]
20. Allow: Online Plain Text English Dictionary [home, info]
21. allow: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition [home, info]
22. allow: Rhymezone [home, info]
23. allow: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary [home, info]
24. allow: Webster's 1828 Dictionary [home, info]
25. allow: Free Dictionary [home, info]
26. allow: Mnemonic Dictionary [home, info]
27. allow: WordNet 1.7 Vocabulary Helper [home, info]
28. allow: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus [home, info]
29. allow: Dictionary/thesaurus [home, info]
30. allow: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations [home, info]

Art (1 matching dictionary)

31. ALLOW: Shakespeare Glossary [home, info]

Business (2 matching dictionaries)

32. allow: Glossary of Legal Terms [home, info]
33. allow: Legal dictionary [home, info]

Computing (1 matching dictionary)

34. allow: Encyclopedia [home, info]

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)

35. allow: Idioms [home, info]

Slang (1 matching dictionary)

36. allow (it): English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom [home, info]

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Quick definitions from Macmillan ( ) Provided by Quick definitions from WordNet (allow) ▸ verb:  let have ("Mandela was allowed few visitors in prison") ▸ verb:  grant as a discount or in exchange ("The camera store owner allowed me $50 on my old camera") ▸ verb:  allow or plan for a certain possibility; concede the truth or validity of something ("I allow for this possibility") ▸ verb:  give or assign a share of money or time to a particular person or cause ▸ verb:  allow the presence of or allow (an activity) without opposing or prohibiting ("We don't allow dogs here") ▸ verb:  make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen ("This sealed door won't allow the water come into the basement") ▸ verb:  allow the other (baseball) team to score ▸ verb:  afford possibility ("This short story allows of several different interpretations") ▸ verb:  consent to, give permission ("I cannot allow you to see your exam") ▸ verb:  make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remain ("The evidence allows only one conclusion") ▸ Also see allows ▸ Word origin ▸ Words similar to allow ▸ Usage examples for allow ▸ Idioms related to allow (New!) ▸ Words that often appear near allow ▸ Rhymes of allow ▸ Invented words related to allow