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allows for

allows for is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 allows for

What is allows for the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Allows for is the third-person singular simple present indicative of allow for.

Words near allows for in the dictionary

  1. allowlisting
  2. allowlists
  3. allowment
  4. allowments
  5. allows
  6. allows for
  7. allows nature to take her course
  8. allows nature to take its course
  9. alloxan
  10. alloxanate
  11. alloxanates

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Adapted from Wiktionary: allows 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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