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The correct spelling is allowing.
How to pronounce allowing
/əˈlaʊɪŋ/
verbIPA: /əˈlaʊɪŋ/
Say it like: All-owi-ng
The correct spelling is allowing. To grant, give, admit, accord, afford, or yield; to let one have. For example: "to allow a servant his liberty; to allow a free passage; to allow one day for rest"
Usage 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.”
Definition
verb
- 1.To grant, give, admit, accord, afford, or yield; to let one have.
- 2.To acknowledge; to accept as true; to concede; to accede to an opinion.
- 3.To grant (something) as a deduction or an addition; especially to abate or deduct.
- 4.To grant license to; to permit; to consent to.
- 5.To not bar or obstruct.
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