permit
Other forms: permitted; permits; permitting
Permit means to allow. When you permit your brother to come into your room, you let him in. (You can always kick him back out if he messes with your stuff.)
To permit means to let someone do something. It comes from the Latin permittere which means "give up, allow to pass through." You might feel like you "gave up" when you permitted your brother to enter your room. As a noun, a permit is a document that lets you do something — like when you get a driver's permit to learn to drive, or a gun permit to carry a gun, or even a construction permit to build an addition to your house.
Definitions of permit
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allow the presence of or allow (an activity) without opposing or prohibiting“Children are not permitted beyond this point”
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type of:
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allow, countenance, let
consent to, give permission
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allow, countenance, let
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consent to, give permission“She permitted her son to visit her estranged husband”
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synonyms:
allow, countenance, let
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abide, bear, brook, digest, endure, put up, stand, stick out, stomach, suffer, support, tolerate
put up with something or somebody unpleasant
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furlough
grant a leave to
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give
allow to have or take
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allow, tolerate
allow the presence of or allow (an activity) without opposing or prohibiting
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authorise, authorize, clear, pass
grant authorization or clearance for
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admit, include, let in
allow participation in or the right to be part of; permit to exercise the rights, functions, and responsibilities of
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favor, favour, privilege
bestow a privilege upon
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decriminalise, decriminalize, legalise, legalize, legitimate, legitimatise, legitimatize, legitimise, legitimize
make legal
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trust
allow without fear
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admit, allow in, intromit, let in
allow to enter; grant entry to
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accept, live with, swallow
tolerate or accommodate oneself to
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hold still for, stand for
tolerate or bear
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bear up
endure cheerfully
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take lying down
suffer without protest; suffer or endure passively
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take a joke
listen to a joke at one's own expense
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sit out
endure to the end
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pay
bear (a cost or penalty), in recompense for some action
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approbate
approve or sanction officially
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certificate
authorize by certificate
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O.K., approve, okay, sanction
give sanction to
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induct, initiate
accept people into an exclusive society or group, usually with some rite
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readmit
admit again or anew
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declare
authorize payments of
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certify, licence, license
authorize officially
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commission
charge with a task
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formalise, formalize, validate
declare or make legally valid
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monetise, monetize
give legal value to or establish as the legal tender of a country
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repatriate
admit back into the country
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readmit
admit anew
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involve
engage as a participant
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make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen“This permits the water to rush in”“This will permit the rain to run off”
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keep, prevent
stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state
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keep
hold and prevent from leaving
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pass
allow to go without comment or censure
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keep, prevent
Definitions of permit
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the act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization
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synonyms:
licence, license, permission
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clearance
permission to proceed
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conge, congee
formal permission to depart
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allowance
the act of allowing
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dispensation
an exemption from some rule or obligation
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toleration
(religion) official recognition of the right of individuals to hold dissenting opinions
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tolerance
the act of tolerating something
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variance
an official dispensation to act contrary to a rule or regulation (typically a building regulation)
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authorisation, authorization, empowerment
the act of conferring legality or sanction or formal warrant
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a legal document giving official permission to do something
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building permit
a document authorizing the holder to construct a building of a particular kind on a particular lot
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driver's licence, driver's license, driving licence, driving license
a license authorizing the bearer to drive a motor vehicle
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fishing licence, fishing license, fishing permit
a license authorizing the bearer to fish during a specified period of time
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game license, hunting licence, hunting license, hunting permit
a license authorizing the bearer to kill a certain type of animal during a specified period of time
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learner's permit
a document authorizing the bearer to learn to drive an automobile
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letter of mark and reprisal, letter of marque, letters of marque
a license to a private citizen to seize property of another nation
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liquor licence, liquor license
a license authorizing the holder to sell alcoholic beverages
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marriage licence, marriage license, wedding licence, wedding license
a license authorizing two people to marry
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occupation licence, occupation license
a license to pursue a particular occupation
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liberty chit, pass
a permit to enter or leave a military installation
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on-license
a license to sell liquor for consumption on the premises
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instrument, legal document, legal instrument, official document
(law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right
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large game fish; found in waters of the West Indies
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synonyms:
Trachinotus falcatus
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pompano
any of several deep-bodied food fishes of western Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico
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pompano
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