Allow and Yield

Allow

Allow verb - To accept the truth or existence of (something) usually reluctantly.
Usage example: I'll allow I probably said more than I should have

Yield is a synonym for allow in grant topic. In some cases you can use "Yield" instead a verb "Allow", when it comes to topics like agreement, acknowledge, agree, means.

Nearby Words: allowance, allowable, allowing

Yield

Yield verb - To give up and cease resistance (as to a liking, temptation, or habit).

Allow is a synonym for yield in grant topic. Sometimes you can use "Allow" instead a verb "Yield", if it concerns topics such as produce, agree, means, permission.

Nearby Words: yielding, yielded

Common collocations

power allow power yield power
amount allow amount yield amount
number allow number yield number
time allow time yield time
Other words: game, damage, victory, items, points, powers.

Both words in one sentence

  • Video Game / DragonForce These tend to yield better items like powerful weapons or crests that allow generals to command the more powerful troop types.
  • Literature / Grandmaster of Theft Sometimes the only options people are left with are to either yield to their tormentors, to allow them to prosper in spite of why they’re prospering, or to do something ‘bad’ to set things right.
  • Casual/Competitive Conflict This in a large part focuses on things like the Yield and the U-Turn, game mechanics introduced in later seasons that allow one team to hinder another.
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