permit
Part of speech: verb
noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle English permitten, borrowed from Middle French permettre, from Latin permittō (“give up, allow”), from per (“through”) + mittō (“send”).
Inflected forms:
form: permits
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: permitting
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: permitted
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: permitted
pos: verb
tags: past
form: permits
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: To allow (something) to happen, to give permission for.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Mr. Cooke at once began a tirade against the residents of Asquith for permitting a sandy and generally disgraceful condition of the roads. So roundly did he vituperate the inn management in particular, and with such a loud flow of words, that I trembled lest he should be heard on the veranda.
Last week the decision on two points was conclusive: the Presbyterian Church in the U. S. A. will not permit ordination of women as ministers, but will permit their election as ruling elders, permission which makes possible a woman as moderator.
gloss: To allow (someone) to do something; to give permission to.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: He was ultimately cleared, but during that period, Mr. Ackman said, his lawyers would not permit him to defend himself publicly.
gloss: To allow for, to make something possible.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: What was left to say? Quite a lot, if only parliamentary time permitted.
For snackage there's a 1950s-themed diner plus a barbie on the terrace, weather permitting.
gloss: To allow, to admit (of).
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: "You English are always so frivolous," said the Princess. "In Russia we have too many troubles to permit of our being light-hearted."
"As an instrument of economic policy, incantation does not permit of minor doubts or scruples."
gloss: To grant formal authorization for (something).
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: The Building Department permitted that project last week.
[…] they have not expanded so far federal permitting authority to site and permit transmission lines that are important for interstate commerce.
gloss: To attempt to obtain or succeed in obtaining formal authorization for (something).
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: We've been busy permitting the State Street development.
gloss: To hand over, resign (something to someone).
pos: verb
tags: archaic
rare
examples: Let us not aggravate our sorrows, / But to the gods permit the event of things.
gloss: An artifact or document rendering something allowed or legal.
pos: noun
examples: A construction permit can be obtained from the town offices.
Go over to the park office and get a permit for the #3 shelter.
gloss: An artifact or document rendering something allowed or legal.
pos: noun
gloss: Formal permission.
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
Related words: permission
mission
Derived words: permitable
permit nature to take her course
permittable
permittance
permitter
repermit
beginner's permit
building permit
construction permit
destruction permit
driver's permit
driving permit
handicapped permit
learner permit
learner's permit
learning permit
parking permit
permitholder
permitholding
permitless
permit nature to take its course
permittee
pollution permit system
pull a permit
residence permit
work permit
Translations:
lang: Spanish
word: permitirse
lang: Arabic
word: رُخْصَة
roman: ruḵṣa
lang: Arabic
word: رُخُصَة
roman: ruḵuṣa
lang: Armenian
word: թույլտվություն
roman: tʻuyltvutʻyun
lang: Azerbaijani
word: icazə
lang: Azerbaijani
word: izin
lang: Azerbaijani
word: müsaidə
lang: Bashkir
word: рөхсәт
roman: röxsət
lang: Belarusian
word: дазво́л
roman: dazvól
lang: Bengali
word: এজাজতনামা
roman: ejazôtnama
lang: Bulgarian
word: разреше́ние
roman: razrešénie
lang: Bulgarian
word: разреши́телно
roman: razrešítelno
lang: Bulgarian
word: позволи́телно
roman: pozvolítelno
lang: Catalan
word: permís
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 許可 /许可
roman: xǔkě
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 許可證 /许可证
roman: xǔkězhèng
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 執照 /执照
roman: zhízhào
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 證 /证
roman: zhèng
lang: Czech
word: povolení
lang: Danish
word: tilladelse
lang: Danish
word: lov
lang: Dutch
word: vergunning
lang: Finnish
word: lupa
lang: French
word: permis
lang: French
word: permission
lang: Galician
word: permiso
lang: Georgian
word: ნებართვა
roman: nebartva
lang: German
word: Genehmigung
lang: German
word: Erlaubnis
lang: Hebrew
word: רִשָּׁיוֹן
roman: rishayón
lang: Hebrew
word: הֶתֵּר
roman: hetér
lang: Hungarian
word: engedély
lang: Indonesian
word: izin
lang: Italian
word: permesso
lang: Italian
word: autorizzazione
lang: Japanese
word: 許可
roman: kyoka
lang: Japanese
word: 認可
roman: ninka
lang: Kazakh
word: рұқсат
roman: rūqsat
lang: Khmer
word: លិខិតអនុញ្ញាត
roman: likhət ʼaʼnuññaat
lang: Korean
word: 허가
roman: heoga
lang: Korean
word: 인가
roman: in'ga
lang: Kyrgyz
word: уруксат
roman: uruksat
lang: Macedonian
word: дозвола
roman: dozvola
lang: Malayalam
word: അനുമതിപത്രം
roman: anumatipatraṁ
lang: Māori
word: puka whakaaetanga
lang: Persian
word: اِجَازَه
roman: ijāza
lang: Persian
word: رُخْصَت
roman: ruxsat
lang: Persian
word: اِذْن
roman: izn
lang: Polish
word: przepustka
lang: Polish
word: pozwolenie
lang: Portuguese
word: permissão
lang: Portuguese
word: autorização
lang: Portuguese
word: licença
lang: Portuguese
word: aval
lang: Romanian
word: permis
lang: Russian
word: разреше́ние
roman: razrešénije
lang: Russian
word: дозволе́ние
roman: dozvolénije
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: до̏звола
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: dȍzvola
lang: Slovak
word: povolenie
lang: Slovene
word: dovoljenje
lang: Spanish
word: permiso
lang: Swahili
word: kibali
lang: Swedish
word: tillstånd
lang: Tagalog
word: pahintulot
lang: Tajik
word: иҷозат
roman: ijozat
lang: Tajik
word: рухсат
roman: ruxsat
lang: Tajik
word: изн
roman: izn
lang: Tatar
word: рөхсәт
roman: röxsät
lang: Thai
word: ใบอนุญาต
roman: bai-à-nú-yâat
lang: Turkish
word: izin
lang: Turkish
word: müsaade
lang: Turkish
word: ruhsat
lang: Turkish
word: icazet
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: تذكره
roman: tezkere
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: برات
roman: berât
lang: Ukrainian
word: до́звіл
roman: dózvil
lang: Urdu
word: اِجازَت
roman: ijāzat
lang: Urdu
word: رُخْصَت
roman: ruxsat
lang: Urdu
word: اِذْن
roman: izn
lang: Uzbek
word: ijozat
lang: Uzbek
word: ruxsat
lang: Uzbek
word: izn
lang: Vietnamese
word: sự cho phép
lang: Welsh
word: hawlen
lang: Welsh
word: trwydded