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Definitions for allowing
al·low·ing
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Allowing
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Allowingverb
Verb form of the word allow.
The couple were allowing each of their nieces and nephews to bring a friend to the wedding to celebrate their marriage.
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Rank popularity for the word 'allowing' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2359
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Rank popularity for the word 'allowing' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4410
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of allowing in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of allowing in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of allowing in a Sentence
I appreciate the value to industry and (the Department of Defense) in allowing industry to place its own bets on technology that might increase a firm's competitiveness.
That was the most brutal thing, that was Nazi-style, communist-style. Trying to break a man and his family and children by not allowing me to just even say hi after being away for so long.
The terrorists are hiding while allowing, even hoping, for their people to die. This is evil in its purest form.
I would expect if you were right a provision in the statute that addresses this very situation, when the incumbent president says, 'Executive privilege is waived, I'm allowing these documents to go out,' and the former president says, 'No, no, I have executive privilege and I'm asserting it,' then the former president gets to come to court and… the court will decide – and here are the standards.
It is a necessary evil, amazon exists in a world where a lot of retailers have the advantage of allowing customers to pick things up the same day in stores.
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