Read full poem →collaborated with me in preparing this Edition; to the Delegates of the
Oxford Press for allowing me to undertake it and decorate it with so
many facsimiles; to the Controller of the Press for his unfailing
Dictionary Entry
To grant, give, admit, accord, afford, or yield; to let one have.
In a Sentence
“to allow a servant his liberty; to allow a free passage; to allow one day for rest”
Origin
Origin details are still being enriched for this entry.
Common Phrases
allowing thusallowing whileallowing withoutallowing even
Missing dictionary details are being fetched in the background.
Antonyms
No antonyms yet.
Poetry examples for “allowing”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →Testing measurements in front and back; tracing the
linings, fronts, center back and side bodies; allowing width
of seams in cutting the lining portions; method of cutting
Read full poem →cut Line 18, allowing three-fourths of an inch for a seam.
Cut the neck and arm hole in the tracing.
Read full poem →Remove the draft and cut out the center back. First,
cut Line 21, allowing three-fourths of an inch for a seam.
Next cut Line 23 and allow one-half inch for a seam; then
Read full poem →Testing Measurements in Front and Back; Tracing the Linings, fronts,
center back and side bodies; Allowing width of seams in cutting
the lining portions; Method of cutting a pattern from the draft;