Allow vs. Let
Allowverb
(transitive) To grant, give, admit, accord, afford, or yield; to let one have.
Allowverb
(transitive) To acknowledge; to accept as true; to concede; to accede to an opinion.
Allowverb
(transitive) To grant (something) as a deduction or an addition; especially to abate or deduct.
Allowverb
(transitive) To grant license to; to permit; to consent to.
Allowverb
To not bar or obstruct.
Allowverb
(intransitive) To acknowledge or concede.
Allowverb
(transitive) To take into account by making an allowance.
Allowverb
(transitive) To render physically possible.
Allowverb
To praise; to approve of; hence, to sanction.
Allowverb
(obsolete) To sanction; to invest; to entrust.
Allowverb
To like; to be suited or pleased with.
Allowverb
To praise; to approve of; hence, to sanction.
Allowverb
To like; to be suited or pleased with.
Allowverb
To sanction; to invest; to intrust.
Allowverb
To grant, give, admit, accord, afford, or yield; to let one have; as, to allow a servant his liberty; to allow a free passage; to allow one day for rest.
Allowverb
To own or acknowledge; to accept as true; to concede; to accede to an opinion; as, to allow a right; to allow a claim; to allow the truth of a proposition.
Allowverb
To grant (something) as a deduction or an addition; esp. to abate or deduct; as, to allow a sum for leakage.
Allowverb
To grant license to; to permit; to consent to; as, to allow a son to be absent.
Allowverb
To admit; to concede; to make allowance or abatement.
Allowverb
make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen;
Allowverb
consent to, give permission;
Allowverb
let have;
Allowverb
give or assign a share of money or time to a particular person or cause;
Allowverb
make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remain;
Allowverb
allow or plan for a certain possibility; concede the truth or validity of something;
Allowverb
afford possibility;
Allowverb
allow the other (baseball) team to score;
Allowverb
grant as a discount or in exchange;
Allowverb
allow the presence of or allow (an activity) without opposing or prohibiting;
Letverb
(transitive) To allow to, not to prevent to}}.
Letverb
(transitive) To leave.
Letverb
(transitive) To allow the release of (a fluid).
Letverb
(transitive) To allow possession of (a property etc.) in exchange for rent.
Letverb
(transitive) To give, grant, or assign, as a work, privilege, or contract; often with out.
Letverb
(transitive) Used to introduce an imperative in the first or third person.
Letverb
To cause + bare infinitive.
Letverb
(archaic) To hinder, prevent, impede, hamper, cumber; to obstruct (someone or something).
Letverb
(obsolete) To prevent someone from doing something; also to prevent something from happening.
Letverb
(obsolete) To tarry or delay.
Letnoun
The allowing of possession of a property etc. in exchange for rent.
Letnoun
An obstacle or hindrance.
Letnoun
(tennis) The hindrance caused by the net during serve, only if the ball falls legally.
Letverb
To retard; to hinder; to impede; to oppose.
Letverb
To leave; to relinquish; to abandon.
Letverb
To consider; to think; to esteem.
Letverb
To cause; to make; - used with the infinitive in the active form but in the passive sense; as, let make, i. e., cause to be made; let bring, i. e., cause to be brought.
Letverb
To permit; to allow; to suffer; - either affirmatively, by positive act, or negatively, by neglecting to restrain or prevent.
Letverb
To allow to be used or occupied for a compensation; to lease; to rent; to hire out; - often with out; as, to let a farm; to let a house; to let out horses.
Letverb
To give, grant, or assign, as a work, privilege, or contract; - often with out; as, to let the building of a bridge; to let out the lathing and the plastering.
Letverb
To forbear.
Letverb
To be let or leased; as, the farm lets for $500 a year. See note under Let, v. t.
Letnoun
A retarding; hindrance; obstacle; impediment; delay; - common in the phrase without let or hindrance, but elsewhere archaic.
Letnoun
A stroke in which a ball touches the top of the net in passing over.
Letnoun
the most brutal terrorist group active in Kashmir; fights against India with the goal of restoring Islamic rule of India;
Letnoun
a serve that strikes the net before falling into the receiver's court; the ball must be served again
Letverb
make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen;
Letverb
actively cause something to happen;
Letverb
consent to, give permission;
Letverb
cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition;
Letverb
leave unchanged;
Letverb
grant use or occupation of under a term of contract;
