ALLOW FOR (allowed for, allowing for, allows for)

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Irregular inflected forms: allowed for    , allowing for    , allows for   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does allow for mean? 

• ALLOW FOR (verb)
  The verb ALLOW FOR has 1 sense:

1. make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remain

  Familiarity information: ALLOW FOR used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ALLOW FOR (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remain

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

allow; allow for; leave; provide

Context example:

This procedure provides for lots of leeway

Hypernyms (to "allow for" is one way to...):

afford; give; yield (be the cause or source of)

Verb group:

admit; allow (afford possibility)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

 Context examples 

A shortening and thinning of cervix due to the action of uterine contractions during active labor to allow for fetal descent.

(Cervical Effacement, NCI Thesaurus)

Pegylation of certolizumab allows for an improved pharmacokinetic profile.

(Certolizumab Pegol, NCI Thesaurus)

Upon uptake by P-gp at the blood-brain barrier (BBB) and subsequent PET imaging, this radioligand may allow for prediction of P-gp function and expression in brain tumor patients.

(Carbon C 11 N-desmethyl-Loperamide, NCI Thesaurus)

The 3-D organization of histones and other proteins on chromosomal DNA in the nucleus and allow for its form and function during cellular growth and division.

(Chromosome Structure, NCI Thesaurus)

The replacement of the Ad5 fiber knob, which mediates viral-cell receptor binding, allows for a Coxsackie-adenovirus receptor (CAR)-independent infection of tumor cells; CAR expression is often deficient on cancer cells.

(Conditionally Replicative Adenovirus 5/3-delta24, NCI Thesaurus)

This agent’s high membrane permeability allows for rapid diffusion into cells.

(Copper Cu 62-PTSM, NCI Thesaurus)

The short half-life of copper Cu 62 (9.7 minutes) reduces the amount of radiation a patient is subjected to and allows for several imaging studies to be performed.

(Copper Cu 62-ATSM, NCI Thesaurus)

The technique allows for separation of proteins, nucleic acids, and carbohydrates.

(Capillary Electrophoresis, NCI Thesaurus)

The Calpain1 in the integrin clusters initially inactivates RhoA allowing for the formation of lamellipodia.

(Calpain-1 Cell Spread Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

The use of anonymised data and samples does not allow for clinical monitoring, subject follow-up or the addition of new data.

(Anonymised Genomic Data and Samples, NCI Thesaurus)