English-French translations for allow

• laisser
  Je ne peux pas laisser dire cela. I cannot allow that to be said.
  Nous ne pouvons pas laisser cette situation perdurer. It cannot be allowed to continue.
  Comment peut-on laisser faire cela? How can this be allowed to continue?
• permettre
  Nous ne pouvons permettre que cela se poursuive. We cannot allow this to go on.
  Nous ne pouvons pas le permettre. That cannot be allowed to happen.
  Nous ne pouvons pas permettre cela !This is something we cannot allow!
• accorder
  Vous pouvez m' accorder cela, je crois. I think that you could allow me that much time.
  Puis-je remercier M. Morris de m'accorder cette minute. Can I thank Mr Morris for allowing me this minute.
  Je vous prie de m'accorder encore un petit moment pour ma conclusion. Please allow me to end with a glance into the future.
• autoriser
  Vous ne faites qu'autoriser tout cela! You are just allowing all of that!
  Comment peut-on autoriser sa vente? So how is it that we allow it to be sold?
  Il n'est pas pensable que nous puissions autoriser cela. It is unthinkable that we can even allow it.
• donner
  Permettez-moi de donner quelques exemples. Allow me to give a few examples.
  Laissez-moi vous donner un exemple précis. Allow me to give a specific example.
  Permettez-moi de vous donner un exemple concret. Allow me to give a practical example.

Definition of allow

• To grant, give, admit, accord, afford, or yield; to let one have
• To acknowledge; to accept as true; to concede; to accede to an opinion
• To grant as a deduction or an addition; especially to abate or deduct
• To grant license to; to permit; to consent to
• To not bar or obstruct
• To acknowledge or concede
• To take into account by making an allowance
• To render physically possible
• To praise; to approve of; hence, to sanction
• To sanction; to invest; to entrust
• To like; to be suited or pleased with

Examples

• to allow a servant his liberty;  to allow a free passage;  to allow one day for rest
• to allow a right;  to allow a claim;  to allow the truth of a proposition
• To allow a sum for leakage
• To allow a son to be absent
• Smoking allowed only in designated areas
• Although I dont consent to their holding such meetings, I will allow them for the time being
• When calculating a budget for a construction project, always allow for [[contingency
• contingencies]]

Related words

• shallow
• hallow
• wallow
• swallow
• fallow
• allowed
• sallow
• gallows
• shallows