[
  {
    "word": "allow",
    "phonetic": "/\u0259\u02c8la\u028a/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/\u0259\u02c8la\u028a/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/allow-uk.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=9027925",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY 3.0 US",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us"
        }
      },
      {
        "text": "/\u0259\u02c8la\u028a/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/allow-us.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1243844",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 3.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
        }
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "verb",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "To grant, give, admit, accord, afford, or yield; to let one have.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "to allow a servant his liberty;\u00a0 to allow a free passage;\u00a0 to allow one day for rest"
          },
          {
            "definition": "To acknowledge; to accept as true; to concede; to accede to an opinion.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "to allow a right;\u00a0 to allow a claim;\u00a0 to allow the truth of a proposition"
          },
          {
            "definition": "To grant (something) as a deduction or an addition; especially to abate or deduct.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "To allow a sum for leakage."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To grant license to; to permit; to consent to.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Smoking allowed only in designated areas."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To not bar or obstruct.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Although I don't consent to their holding such meetings, I will allow them for the time being."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To acknowledge or concede.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To take into account by making an allowance.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "When calculating a budget for a construction project, always allow for contingencies."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To render physically possible.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To praise; to approve of; hence, to sanction.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To sanction; to invest; to entrust.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To like; to be suited or pleased with.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "admit",
          "allot",
          "assign",
          "bestow",
          "concede",
          "let",
          "permit",
          "suffer",
          "tolerate"
        ],
        "antonyms": []
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/allow"
    ]
  }
]