{
  "id": "allow.permission",
  "term": "allow",
  "sense": "permission",
  "pos": "verb",
  "status": "review",
  "level": 17,
  "arena": "general",
  "domain": "everyday",
  "style": null,
  "definition": "let thing to enable it",
  "folk_gloss": null,
  "emergence": {
    "components": [
      "let.permission",
      "enables.facilitation"
    ],
    "interaction": "the permission from let combined with the capacity to enable creates the ability to permit an action",
    "novel_properties": [
      "permission granted",
      "ability to enable",
      "consent"
    ]
  },
  "examples": [
    {
      "text": "The Linux kernel allows user-space programs to access hardware via system calls.",
      "domain": "computing"
    },
    {
      "text": "The 1974 Clean Air Act allows the EPA to regulate interstate air pollutants.",
      "domain": "institutions"
    },
    {
      "text": "A router's firewall allows only port 80 traffic to reach the web server.",
      "domain": "engineering"
    }
  ],
  "relations": [
    {
      "id": "let.permission",
      "type": "is-a",
      "note": ""
    }
  ],
  "used_by": [
    "browser.software",
    "frozen.state",
    "necessity.condition",
    "pure.state",
    "road.transport",
    "slack.margin"
  ],
  "forms": [
    "allow",
    "allowed",
    "allowing",
    "allows"
  ],
  "closed": true,
  "provenance": {
    "author": "openrouter:openai/gpt-oss-120b",
    "date": "2026-07-29",
    "confidence": 0.6
  },
  "canonical": "https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-allow.permission"
}