toestaan — meaning in English
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English meaning
- admit verb To allow someone or something to enter.
- allow verb To give permission for something to happen.
- enable verb To give someone the ability, means, or authority to do something.
- let verb To allow someone or something to do a particular thing, or to happen without stopping it.
- permit verb To allow something to happen or to give someone authorization to do it.
Senses
toestaan is used for these senses in English:
- allow To not bar or obstruct.
- allow (transitive) To acknowledge, accept the truth of; to concede; to accede to an opinion.
- enable (chiefly, electronics, computing) To activate, to make operational (especially of a function of an electronic or mechanical device).
- permit (transitive) To allow (someone) to do something; to give permission to. [from 15th c.]
admit — full definition
- verb To allow someone or something to enter.
- verb To acknowledge, often reluctantly, that something is true.
allow — full definition
- verb To give permission for something to happen.
- verb To make something possible.
- verb To set aside time, money, or another resource for something.
- verb To admit or acknowledge something as true, often reluctantly.