Meaning

1 senses

  1. (countable, uncountable)UK, Canada, Australia, South Africa, Ireland, New Zealand, Malaysia, and Singapore standard spelling of license.

More definitions
  • a legal document giving official permission to do something
  • freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behavior or speech)
  • excessive freedom; lack of due restraint

Examples

152 sentences

  1. I don't have a driving licence.

    Я не маю водійських прав. — deniko

    ruУ меня нет водительских прав. — marafon

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  2. I had my licence renewed a week ago.

    ruЯ обновил свою лицензию неделю назад. — Biga

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  3. Could I see your driving licence?

    ruМожно взглянуть на Ваше водительское удостоверение? — marafon

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  4. You'll need a document that proves your identity, such as an identity card, passport, driver's licence or birth certificate.

    Потрібний будь-який документ, що підтверджує особистість, наприклад ай-ді картка, паспорт, водійські права або свідоцтво про народження. — deniko

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  5. She doesn't have a driving licence.

    У неї немає посвідчення водія. — deniko

    ruУ неё нет водительского удостоверения. — joulin

    deSie hat keinen Führerschein. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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Forms

plural: licences
Singularlicence
Plurallicences

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a legal document giving official permission to do something:licensepermit
  • freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behavior or speech):license
  • excessive freedom; lack of due restraint:license

Word family

18 related words
Relatedlicentious
Deriveddriving licenceA2artistic licencedriver licencedriver's licencefirearms licencegun licencelicencelesslicentiatelicentiouslylicentiousnessliquor licencemultilicenceoff-licencepen licencepoetic licencepublic licencespecial licence

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
librarianB1libraryA1librelicenseA2lich

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