erlauben — meaning in English

English meaning

• admit verb To allow someone or something to enter.
• allow verb To give permission for something to happen.
• OK adj All right; acceptable, permitted, or satisfactory.
• permit verb To allow something to happen or to give someone authorization to do it.

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

1. verb To allow someone or something to enter.
2. verb To acknowledge, often reluctantly, that something is true.

allow — full definition

1. verb To give permission for something to happen.
2. verb To make something possible.
3. verb To set aside time, money, or another resource for something.
4. verb To admit or acknowledge something as true, often reluctantly.

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