allow
Definitions
Verb
- Make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen
- Consent to, give permission
- Let have
- Give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause
- Make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remain
- Allow or plan for a certain possibility; concede the truth or validity of something
- Afford possibility
- Allow the other (baseball) team to score
- Grant as a discount or in exchange
- Allow the presence of or allow (an activity) without opposing or prohibiting
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Sounds Like
Spelled Like
Words That Follow
Words That Precede
Statistically Associated
Consonant Match
As a Fragment
Words that contain the term "allow".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | allowed | 2 | 86 |
| 2 | allow | 2 | 72 |
| 3 | allowing | 3 | 31 |
| 4 | allowances | 4 | 25 |
| 5 | allows | 2 | 19 |
| 6 | allowance | 3 | 16 |
| 7 | shallow | 2 | 14 |
| 8 | swallowed | 2 | 12 |
| 9 | swallow | 2 | 10 |
| 10 | allowable | 4 | 5 |
| 11 | swallowing | 3 | 3 |
| 12 | gallows | 2 | 2 |
| 13 | hallowed | 2 | 2 |
| 14 | swallows | 2 | 2 |
| 15 | disallowed | 3 | 1 |
| 16 | fallow | 2 | 1 |
| 17 | halloween | 3 | 1 |
| 18 | marshmallows | 3 | 1 |
| 19 | shallower | 3 | 1 |
| 20 | shallowness | 3 | 1 |
| 21 | tallow | 2 | 1 |
| 22 | wallow | 2 | 1 |
| 23 | wallowed | 2 | 1 |
| 24 | wallowing | 3 | 1 |
| 25 | alloway | 3 | 0 |
| 26 | ballow | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | ballowe | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | callow | 2 | 0 |
| 29 | calloway | 3 | 0 |
| 30 | disallow | 3 | 0 |
| 31 | disallowance | 4 | 0 |
| 32 | disallowances | 5 | 0 |
| 33 | disallowing | 4 | 0 |
| 34 | fallows | 2 | 0 |
| 35 | gallow | 2 | 0 |
| 36 | galloway | 3 | 0 |
| 37 | galloways | 3 | 0 |
| 38 | hallow | 2 | 0 |
| 39 | halloway | 3 | 0 |
| 40 | hallowe'en | 3 | 0 |
| 41 | hallowell | 3 | 0 |
| 42 | hallows | 2 | 0 |
| 43 | mallow | 2 | 0 |
| 44 | mallows | 2 | 0 |
| 45 | marshmallow | 3 | 0 |
| 46 | reallowance | 4 | 0 |
| 47 | unallowable | 5 | 0 |
Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "allow".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|
Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "allow".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | allowed | 2 | 86 |
| 2 | allows | 2 | 19 |
| 3 | shallow | 2 | 14 |
| 4 | swallow | 2 | 10 |
| 5 | gallows | 2 | 2 |
| 6 | wallow | 2 | 1 |
| 7 | tallow | 2 | 1 |
| 8 | fallow | 2 | 1 |
| 9 | mallow | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | hallow | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | gallow | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | callow | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | ballow | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | mallows | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | hallows | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | fallows | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | ballowe | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | alloway | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | wallo | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | vallo | 2 | 0 |
Words That Follow
Words that often follow the term "allow" in a sentence.
Words That Precede
Words that often precede the term "allow" in a sentence.
Statistically Associated
Words that are statistically associated with "allow" in the same piece of text.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | designed | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | present | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | refused | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | data | 2 | 2 |
| 5 | desire | 3 | 2 |
| 6 | sheridan | 3 | 2 |
| 7 | physics | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | properties | 3 | 2 |
| 9 | authors | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | systems | 2 | 2 |
| 11 | lighting | 2 | 2 |
| 12 | simply | 2 | 2 |
| 13 | program | 2 | 2 |
| 14 | features | 2 | 2 |
| 15 | congress | 2 | 2 |
| 16 | would | 1 | 2 |
| 17 | star | 1 | 2 |
| 18 | apparatuses | 5 | 2 |
| 19 | designs | 2 | 2 |
| 20 | sites | 1 | 2 |
| 21 | also | 2 | 2 |
Consonant Match
Words that contain the same consonants as the term "allow".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|
Results:
Term
Definitions: 10
Fragments: 47
Sound Alikes: 0
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 6
Words that Precede: 7
Statistically Associated: 21
Consonant Matches: 0
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
This Word in the News:
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