allowing

al-low-ing · verb

imported

Definitions

verb

  1. 1.

    Present participle of allow; giving permission for something.

  2. 2.

    Making something possible; enabling.

  3. 3.

    Taking into consideration.

Related words

Antonyms: banning, forbidding, preventing, prohibiting
See also: allow, allowed, allows, permitting
Synonyms: authorizing, enabling, letting, permitting

Etymology

Present participle of allow, from Old French alouer ("to place, allocate, approve"), from Latin allaudare ("to praise").