tillåta — meaning in English

English meaning

• admit verb To allow someone or something to enter.
• allow verb To give permission for something to happen.
• empower verb To give someone the authority or legal right to do something.
• permit verb To allow something to happen or to give someone authorization to do it.
• suffer verb To experience pain, hardship, or distress.

Senses

tillåta is used for these senses in English:

• allow (transitive, catenative) To permit, to give permission to.
• empower (transitive) To give permission, power, or the legal right to do something.
• permit (transitive) To allow (someone) to do something; to give permission to. [from 15th c.]

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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