English Explanatory Dictionary

permit

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To allow (something) to happen, to give permission for.
  2. To allow (someone) to do something; to give permission to.
  3. To allow for, to make something possible.
  4. To allow, to admit (of).
  5. To grant formal authorization for (something).
  6. To attempt to obtain or succeed in obtaining formal authorization for (something).
  7. To hand over, resign (something to someone).
noun
  1. An artifact or document rendering something allowed or legal.
  2. A learner's permit.
  3. Formal permission.
noun
  1. A pompano of the species Trachinotus falcatus.

Pronunciation

/pɚˈmɪt/ /pəˈmɪt/ en-us-permit-verb.ogg /ˈpɝmɪt/ /ˈpɜːmɪt/ en-us-permit-noun.ogg /ˈpər.mɪʈ/ [pɐɾ.mɪʈ] [pɜː.mɪʈ]

Word forms

permit permits permitting permitted

Etymology

From Middle English permitten, borrowed from Middle French permettre, from Latin permittō (“give up, allow”), from per (“through”) + mittō (“send”).

Synonyms

allowance authorization sanction authority clearance consent leave license mandate permission permit warrant

Related words

permission mission Trachinotus

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

Arabic: رُخْصَة Arabic: رُخُصَة Armenian: թույլտվություն Azerbaijani: icazə Azerbaijani: izin Azerbaijani: müsaidə Bashkir: рөхсәт Belarusian: дазво́л Bengali: এজাজতনামা Bulgarian: разреше́ние Bulgarian: разреши́телно Bulgarian: позволи́телно Catalan: permís Chinese Mandarin: 許可 /许可 Chinese Mandarin: 許可證 /许可证 Chinese Mandarin: 執照 /执照 Chinese Mandarin: 證 /证 Czech: povolení Danish: tilladelse Danish: lov Dutch: vergunning Finnish: lupa French: permis French: permission Galician: permiso Georgian: ნებართვა German: Genehmigung German: Erlaubnis Hebrew: רִשָּׁיוֹן Hebrew: הֶתֵּר Hungarian: engedély Indonesian: izin Italian: permesso Italian: autorizzazione Japanese: 許可 Japanese: 認可 Kazakh: рұқсат Khmer: លិខិតអនុញ្ញាត Korean: 허가 Korean: 인가 Kyrgyz: уруксат Macedonian: дозвола Malayalam: അനുമതിപത്രം Māori: puka whakaaetanga Persian: اِجَازَه Persian: رُخْصَت Persian: اِذْن Polish: przepustka Polish: pozwolenie Portuguese: permissão Portuguese: autorização Portuguese: licença Portuguese: aval Romanian: permis Russian: разреше́ние Russian: дозволе́ние Serbo-Croatian: до̏звола Serbo-Croatian: dȍzvola Slovak: povolenie Slovene: dovoljenje Spanish: permiso Swahili: kibali Swedish: tillstånd
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