allows for

Leaves room for

Allows for means to take into account or make provision for something: The budget allows for unexpected expenses.

It suggests planning with a variable in mind, leaving room for possibilities: Allow for traffic delays when scheduling your arrival.

The phrase often implies flexibility or accommodation rather than rigid expectation.

Related

opens the door · paves the way · accommodate · factor in · entitle · sanction · empower · license · authorize · include · consent · approve · adapt · recognize · integrate · validate · endorse · acknowledge

Opposites
accommodation/provision

allows forignores

Refuses to acknowledge

disregards · overlooks · excludes · neglects · omits

flexibility vs rigidity

allows forprecludes

Makes impossible in advance

prohibits · forbids · prevents · disallows · excludes

Family

allow, allows, allowed, allowing, allowable, allowance, allowances, disallow, disallowed

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Top 50,000
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated G