ALLOW
What does "ALLOW" mean?
To permit something to happen or someone to do something.
Meanings
- To give permission for something or someone. The teacher allowed us to use notes.
- To make possible or provide for; to set aside. Allow an hour for traffic.
- To admit or concede that something is true. I allow that I may have been wrong. formal
Did you know?
- 'Allow' is a two-word collision: it fused Latin 'allaudare' (to praise) with 'allocare' (to place), which is also the root of 'allocate' and 'locate'.
Word origin
From Old French 'alouer', which merged two Latin sources: 'allaudare' (to praise) and 'allocare' (to place, allot); English 'allow' inherited both the 'approve' and the 'assign' senses.
A little poem
One word unlocks the gate, undoes the no-
small mercy in the syllable 'allow'.
couplet
Wordplay
- My software said permission denied, so I asked nicely. Turns out 'allow' once meant 'to praise' - I just needed to flatter the firewall.
What it teaches
To allow is quietly powerful: the one who can permit also, by silence, forbids.
Quick facts
What does ALLOW mean?
To permit something to happen or someone to do something.
Is ALLOW a valid word?
Yes — ALLOW is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is ALLOW?
ALLOW has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does ALLOW come from?
From Old French 'alouer', which merged two Latin sources: 'allaudare' (to praise) and 'allocare' (to place, allot); English 'allow' inherited both the 'approve' and the 'assign' senses.
What can ALLOW teach us?
To allow is quietly powerful: the one who can permit also, by silence, forbids.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.