allow for (...)
1allow for — make provision or provide scope for. → allow allow for take into consideration when making plans or calculations. → allow …
2allow for — (something) to consider particular facts that relate to something. If you own stock, you must allow for the possibility that it will lose value. Related vocabulary: take something into account, make allowances for someone/something …
3allow for — index compensate (counterbalance), compensate (remunerate), excuse, extenuate, palliate (excuse) …
4allow for — verb make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remain (Freq. 8) This leaves no room for improvement The evidence allows only one conclusion allow for mistakes leave lots of time for the trip This procedure …
5allow for — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms allow for : present tense I/you/we/they allow for he/she/it allows for present participle allowing for past tense allowed for past participle allowed for allow for something to consider something when making a …
6allow for sb — UK US allow for sb/sth Phrasal Verb with allow({{}}/əˈlaʊ/ verb [T] ► to consider someone or something when you are planning something: »Existing contracts do not allow for any reduction once the pension is being paid. »We have to allow for the… …
7allow for — /ə laυ fɔ:/ verb 1. to give a discount for something, or to add an extra sum to cover something ● to allow for money paid in advance ● Add on an extra 10% to allow for postage and packing. ♦ delivery is not allowed for delivery charges are not… …
8allow for — PHRASAL VERB If you allow for certain problems or expenses, you include some extra time or money in your planning so that you can deal with them if they occur. [V P n] You have to allow for a certain amount of error... [V P n] The Agency s budget …
9allow for — phr verb Allow for is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑facility, ↑rule, ↑size Allow for is used with these nouns as the object: ↑creation, ↑distribution, ↑diversity, ↑establishment, ↑exaggeration, ↑expansion, ↑ …
10allow for — {v.} To provide for; leave room for; give a chance to; permit. * /She cut the skirt four inches longer to allow for a wide hem./ * /Democracy allows for many differences of opinion./ …
