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allowing for

allowing for is the present participle and gerund of allow for.

Meaning of allow for

Verb

allow for (third-person singular simple present allows for, present participle allowing for, simple past and past participle allowed for)

  1. (transitive) To take into account, consider.
    • The problem is that they didn't allow for the extra centimetre of overlap, so it didn't fit correctly.
  2. (transitive) To make possible; to allow.
    • The gap between my classes allowed for me and my friends to go eat lunch.

Questions about allowing for

What is allowing for the present participle and gerund of?
Allowing for is the present participle and gerund of allow for.

Words near allowing for in the dictionary

  1. allowers
  2. allowest
  3. alloweth
  4. allowin'
  5. allowing
  6. allowing for
  7. allowing nature to take her course
  8. allowing nature to take its course
  9. allowingly
  10. allowlist
  11. allowlisted

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Adapted from Wiktionary: allowing for (page history and authors); allow for (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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