permit

[ verb per-mit; noun pur-mit, per-mit ]

/ verb pərˈmɪt; noun ˈpɜr mɪt, pərˈmɪt /

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verb (used with object), per·mit·ted, per·mit·ting.

to allow to do something: Permit me to explain.

to allow to be done or occur: The law does not permit the sale of such drugs.

to tolerate; agree to: a law permitting Roman Catholicism in England.

to afford opportunity for, or admit of: vents to permit the escape of gases.

verb (used without object), per·mit·ted, per·mit·ting.

to grant permission; allow liberty to do something.

to afford opportunity or possibility: Write when time permits.

to allow or admit (usually followed by of): statements that permit of no denial.

noun

an authoritative or official certificate of permission; license: a fishing permit.

a written order granting special permission to do something.

permission.

Origin of permit

1425–75; late Middle English < Latin permittere to let go through, give leave, equivalent to per- per- + mittere to let or make (someone) go. See admit, commit, etc.

SYNONYMS FOR permit

8 franchise.

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ANTONYMS FOR permit

1 refuse.

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synonym study for permit

1. See allow.

OTHER WORDS FROM permit

per·mit·ted·ly, adverb per·mit·tee

[pur-mi-tee] /ˌpɜr mɪˈti/, noun per·mit·ter, noun non·per·mit·ted, adjective

un·per·mit·ted, adjective un·per·mit·ting, adjective

Words nearby permit

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Example sentences from the Web for permitted

The only physician she was permitted to see was the jail doctor.

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But since the government has now permitted the River God to leave the U.K., that excuse can no longer wash.

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Assuming that members of Congress who live in D.C. are adults, they, too, will be permitted to get stoned at their leisure.

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She said she wrote the letter because the president is not permitted direct contact with soldiers.

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This crossed the line, the university said, between education about LGBT people (permitted) and advocacy for them (forbidden).

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Acts called immoral may be prohibited in such a measure as custom recommends; provocations to immoral acts should be permitted.

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Dacres pleaded so earnestly that he was permitted to go with the small crew in search of the missing man.

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I am sure I could find one if permitted to go on my journey.

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He had permitted the public preaching to continue, but had not introduced it for the first time.

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Weapons were not permitted in the guild-halls; and all disputes had to be settled, when both parties had had time to cool off.

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British Dictionary definitions for permitted

permit

verb (pəˈmɪt) -mits, -mitting or -mitted

(tr) to grant permission to do something you are permitted to smoke

(tr) to consent to or tolerate she will not permit him to come

(when intr, often foll by of; when tr, often foll by an infinitive) to allow the possibility (of) the passage permits of two interpretations; his work permits him to relax nowadays

noun (ˈpɜːmɪt)

an official certificate or document granting authorization; licence

permission, esp written permission

Derived forms of permit

permitter, noun

Word Origin for permit

C15: from Latin permittere, from per- through + mittere to send

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permit

verb (used with object), per·mit·ted, per·mit·ting.

verb (used without object), per·mit·ted, per·mit·ting.

noun

Origin of permit

SYNONYMS FOR permit

ANTONYMS FOR permit

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British Dictionary definitions for permitted

verb (pəˈmɪt) -mits, -mitting or -mitted

noun (ˈpɜːmɪt)

Derived forms of permit

Word Origin for permit

BROWSE DICTIONARY

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permit

verb (used with object), per·mit·ted, per·mit·ting.

verb (used without object), per·mit·ted, per·mit·ting.

noun

Origin of permit

SYNONYMS FOR permit

ANTONYMS FOR permit

synonym study for permit

OTHER WORDS FROM permit

Words nearby permit

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verb (pəˈmɪt) -mits, -mitting or -mitted

noun (ˈpɜːmɪt)

Derived forms of permit

Word Origin for permit

British Dictionary definitions for permitted