Wordnet 3.0
VERB (1)
1.
make a possibility or provide opportunity for;
permit to be attainable or cause to remain;
- Example: "This leaves no room for improvement"- Example: "The evidence allows only one conclusion"- Example: "allow for mistakes"- Example: "leave lots of time for the trip"- Example: "This procedure provides for lots of leeway"[syn: leave, allow for, allow, provide]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
allow for
v 1: make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be
attainable or cause to remain; "This leaves no room for
improvement"; "The evidence allows only one conclusion";
"allow for mistakes"; "leave lots of time for the trip";
"This procedure provides for lots of leeway" [syn: leave,
allow for, allow, provide]