allow for

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allow for

verb allows for · allowing for · allowed for

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.
transitive To make possible; to allow. The gap between my classes allowed for me and my friends to go eat lunch.

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verb to take into account

Русский	учи́тывать učítyvatʹ, уче́сть učéstʹ

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@misc{allow_for_2026,
  title = {allow for},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/allow%20for},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}