allow
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Sense: Verb: give others permission
Synonyms:
let Collocations, give sb permission, grant sb permission, give sb your blessing, give sb your consent, permit Collocations, authorize, authorise , give sb approval, give sb the go-ahead, give sb the OK , give sb the okay , give sb the thumbs-up , green-light, give the green light to, give sth the nod, license Collocations, humor Collocations, humour
Sense: Verb: permit to happen
Synonyms:
permit Collocations, tolerate, suffer Collocations, endure Collocations, put up with , countenance, go along with , grin and bear , look the other way, consent to, give permission for, authorize, authorise , green-light, sanction Collocations, OK Collocations , okay , approve Collocations, assent to, give your blessing to, give the go-ahead to, give the thumbs-up to , welcome sth with open arms
Antonyms:
Sense: Verb: admit
Synonyms:
admit Collocations, acknowledge Collocations, concede, agree Collocations, accept Collocations, grant Collocations, recognize Collocations, recognise , confess Collocations, acquiesce, yield Collocations
Sense: Verb: enable
Synonyms:
enable Collocations, let Collocations, permit Collocations, empower Collocations, be responsible for, have a hand in
Sense: Verb: allocate
Synonyms:
allow for, allocate, allot, make provision for, apportion, set aside, grant Collocations, give Collocations