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Meaning of 'permit' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Permit [ n.]
- Warrant; license; leave; permission; specifically, a written license or permission given to a person or persons having authority; as, a permit to land goods subject to duty.
2 . Permit [ v. i.]
- To grant permission; to allow.
3 . Permit [ v. t.]
- To consent to; to allow or suffer to be done; to tolerate; to put up with.
- To grant (one) express license or liberty to do an act; to authorize; to give leave; -- followed by an infinitive.
- To give over; to resign; to leave; to commit.

Meaning of 'permit' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . permit [ v]
Meaning (1):
- allow the presence of or allow (an activity) without opposing or prohibiting
Example in sentence:
  • Children are not permitted beyond this point;
  • We cannot tolerate smoking in the hospital;
  • We don't allow dogs here
Meaning (2):
- consent to, give permission
Example in sentence:
  • I cannot allow you to see your exam;
  • I won't let the police search her basement;
  • She permitted her son to visit her estranged husband
Meaning (3):
- make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen
Example in sentence:
  • This permits the water to rush in;
  • This sealed door won't allow the water come into the basement;
  • This will permit the rain to run off

Nearby Words:

per per- peract peracute peradventure peraeopod peragrate peragration perambulate perambulated

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