allow for
phr. v..phr. v.. to consider or include something when you are making a plan or calculation.
phr. v.. to take a factor into consideration; to make provision for a possibility or contingency when planning.
You should allow for traffic when planning your trip.
The architect had to allow for extra weight when designing the roof of the new stadium.
The budget fails to allow for the inevitable fluctuations in currency exchange rates that occur during international trade.
- Particles
- for
- Separability
- inseparable
- Pattern
- allow + for + object
usually followed by a noun representing a potential problem, delay, or extra cost.
contrast with 'consider' (general thinking) and 'account for' (explaining why something happened); 'allow for' is specifically about preparation for the future.
We must allow for to be late.We must allow for being late.the preposition 'for' must be followed by a noun or a gerund, not an infinitive.