erlauben — meaning in English
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English meaning
Senses
erlauben is used for these senses in English:
- OK (transitive) To approve; to accept; to acquiesce to.
- admit (transitive) To be capable of; to permit. In this sense, "of" may be used after the verb, or may be omitted.
- allow (transitive) To acknowledge, accept the truth of; to concede; to accede to an opinion.
- allow (transitive, obsolete) To praise; to approve of; hence, to sanction.
- permit (transitive) To allow (someone) to do something; to give permission to. [from 15th c.]
- take the liberty (idiomatic) To act on one's own authority, without asking for permission.
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.
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