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# allow

verb (allow, allows, allowed, allowing)

«allow» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To let someone do something; to give permission: "Dogs are not allowed." [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/allow/#m1)
2. To make it possible: "The bridge allows people to cross." [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/allow/#m2)
3. To plan or keep time, money or space for something: "Allow ten minutes to walk." [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/allow/#m3)

### In the lessons

In school and safety, rules say what is allowed and not allowed: phones not allowed in class, running not allowed by the pool. In maths and planning: allow extra time. Phrases: be allowed to, allow for, not allowed.

### Examples

- Are we allowed to eat in class? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/allow/#x1)
- Dogs are not allowed in the shop. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/allow/#x2)
- Mum allowed me to stay up late. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/allow/#x3)
- Allow twenty minutes for the cake to cool. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/allow/#x4)
- The ramp allows wheelchairs to get in. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/allow/#x5)
- No running is allowed by the pool. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/allow/#x6)
- Allow for traffic when you plan. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/allow/#x7)
- Phones are not allowed during the test. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/allow/#x8)
- Will you allow me to go with you?” [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/allow/#x9)

### Note

"Allow someone to do something": "allow me to go". "Allowed" sounds like "aloud" (out loud) — homophones. "Allow for" means remember to include in your plan. The noun is "allowance" (also pocket money).

## In Jewish tradition

In school and safety, rules say what is allowed and not allowed: phones not allowed in class, running not allowed by the pool. In maths and planning: allow extra time. Phrases: be allowed to, allow for, not allowed.

### Examples

- Whether a book is still in copyright varies from country to country, and we can't offer guidance on whether any specific use of any specific book is allowed. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/allow/#x1)
- In this interpretation, they are ten elemental entities or properties which bind or restrain primordial תֹּהוּ tohu, 'chaos, void, waste(land)' \[Genesis 1:2\], allowing structure and order to exist in creation. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/allow/#x2)
- The Samaritans still to this day preserve a tradition allowing Resh to occur in both single and double forms, bearing a distinction comparable to the difference between the Spanish single r of pero and double rr of perro.\] Taw-Thaw. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/allow/#x3)

### Note

"Allow someone to do something": "allow me to go". "Allowed" sounds like "aloud" (out loud) — homophones. "Allow for" means remember to include in your plan. The noun is "allowance" (also pocket money).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «allow» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/allow/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«allow» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/allow.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «allow» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/allow/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«allow» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/allow.html) on Mova free.