allow

Pronunciation: [ә'lau]

Average Rank: 1005

Source: ECDICT

vt. 允许, 同意给予, 承认 vi. 容许, 猜想 [计] 允许命令

v. let have
v. give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause
v. allow or plan for a certain possibility; concede the truth or validity of something
v. grant as a discount or in exchange

Collins Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Oxford 3000

Difficulty: BASIC

Exam Tags: zk gk cet4 ky

Past Participle: allowed

Present Participle: allowing

3rd Person: allows

Past: allowed

Word Frequency Rankings

#498

Formal, encyclopedic, and academic usage

Percentile: 95.0% (Top 95.0% most frequent)

95.0%

Out of 10,000 words in the Wikipedia corpus

#1530

Conversational and colloquial usage

Percentile: 84.7% (Top 84.7% most frequent)

84.7%

Out of 10,000 words in the TV & Movie Scripts corpus

#988

Classical and literary usage

Percentile: 90.1% (Top 90.1% most frequent)

90.1%

Out of 10,000 words in the Project Gutenberg corpus

This word appears in 3 corpus/corpora, showing its usage across academic, conversational, and literary contexts.

Usage pattern: Most frequent in Wikipedia, making it particularly important for that context.