'allow for' definitions:
Definition of 'allow for'
(from WordNet)
verb
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]
Synonyms of 'allow for'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- admit,
- admit exceptions,
- allow,
- bear with,
- blink at,
- color,
- concede,
- condone,
- connive at,
- consider,
- consider the circumstances,
- consider the source,
- diminish,
- discount,
- disregard,
- ease,
- endure,
- extenuate,
- gloss over,
- grant,
- ignore,
- leave unavenged,
- lessen,
- let it go,
- lift temporarily,
- make allowance for,
- make allowances for,
- mince,
- mitigate,
- overlook,
- palliate,
- pass over,
- pocket the affront,
- provide for,
- regard with indulgence,
- relax,
- relax the condition,
- set aside,
- slur over,
- soft-pedal,
- soften,
- take,
- take account of,
- take into account,
- take into consideration,
- varnish,
- waive,
- whitewash,
- wink at