Meaning & use
Allowing
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Permitting something to happen or giving someone permission to do something.
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The new policy is allowing employees to work from home two days a week.
Allowing extra time for traffic, they left the house an hour early.
A note on using this word
From 'allow,' via Old French 'alouer,' influenced by both 'allocate' and 'approve.'
Words with a similar meaning
permittingenabling
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Words with an opposite meaning
forbiddingprohibiting
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