allow for sth
— phrasal verb with allow uk/əˈlaʊ/us/əˈlaʊ/verb
C1 to consider something when you are planning something:
We allowed for living expenses of £20 a day.
[ + -ing verb ] You should allow for the plane being delayed.
We have to allow for the possibility that we might not finish on schedule.
More examples
- You have to allow for a time lag between order and delivery.
- Our range of children's clothing is generously sized to allow for shrinkage.
- Remember to allow for extra time if you are travelling at rush hour.
- Did you allow for staff absences when you drew up the work schedule?
- At least the old curriculum allowed for some variation in classroom activities.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Planning, expecting and arranging
- accidentally
- accidentally on purpose idiom
- advertent
- advisedly
- aim
- aim at sth
- calculate
- chart
- engineer
- in the pipeline idiom
- intend
- intent
- intention
- intentional
- promise
- scheme
- scientific
- see sth coming idiom
- set sth up
- strategic
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