Allow and Check

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Allow

Allow verb - To give permission for or to approve of.
Usage example: flash photography is not allowed inside the church
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Check is an antonym for allow.
Nearby Words: allowance, allowable, allowing

Check

Check verb - To be in agreement on every point.
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Allow is an antonym for check in topics: inspect, hinder.
Nearby Words: checked, checking, checkup, checker, checklist
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Common collocations

name allow name check name
time allow time check time
room allow room check room
game allow game check game
Other words: entry, damage, rules, names.

Both words in one sentence

  • Video Game / Shadow Warrior (2013) Check Point Starvation: Heroic mode does not allow manual saves and only auto-saves at the beginning of each chapter.
    Source: Video Game / Shadow Warrior (2013)
  • World of Warcraft vanilla had "GM Island" that was the default spawn point of every in game GM, to allow them to check if they're invisible before teleporting themselves to check on claims of botting or glitches.
    Source: Debug Room aka: Debug Mode
  • Video Game / Modern Warfare Granted, IW was probably trying not to get sued by the real Hotel, for suggesting they would allow the most famous terrorist on Earth to just check in with 50 of his terrorist buddies.
    Source: Video Game / Modern Warfare
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