Meaning

5 senses
  1. (US)To authorize officially.

    I am licensed to practice law in this state.

    lizenzieren

    authorize officially

  2. (applied to a piece of intellectual property)

    (US, transitive)To give formal authorization to use.

    It was decided to license Wikipedia under the GFDL.

    lizenzieren

  3. (US, transitive)To acquire authorization to use, usually in exchange for compensation.

    The filmmakers licensed several iconic 80's songs for the soundtrack.

  4. (US, transitive)To give permission or freedom to; accept.

  5. (US, transitive)To permit (as grammatically correct).

    No English adverbs have mandatory complements, and most don't even license optional ones.

Examples

681 sentences
  1. Do you have a hunting license?

    У тебе є ліцензія на полювання? — deniko

    ruУ вас есть разрешение на охоту? — marafon

    deHast du einen Jagdschein? — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. Does Tom have a fishing license?

    У Тома є ліцензія на риболовлю? — deniko

    ruУ Тома есть лицензия на рыбную ловлю? — marafon

  3. You need a license to drive a car.

    Щоб водити машину, потрібні права. — deniko

    ruЧтобы водить машину, нужны права. — strekosa

  4. To drive a car, you need a license.

    Щоб водити машину, потрібні права. — deniko

    ruЧтобы водить машину, нужны права. — strekosa

    deZum Autofahren braucht man einen Führerschein. — al_ex_an_der

  5. Tom has a license.

    У Тома є ліцензія. — deniko

    ruУ Тома есть лицензия. — odexed

Translations

2 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to authorize officially:

Origin

From Middle English licencen, licensen, lisensen, licent, from Old French licencer, licenc

From Middle English licencen, licensen, lisensen, licent, from Old French licencer, licencier, licenciier, licenser, from Medieval Latin licentiō (cf. English licentiate).

Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Forms

licenses, licensing, licensed, licensed
Base formlicense · to license
3rd person singularlicenses
Present participlelicensing
Past simplelicensed
Past participlelicensed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theylicense
he, she, itlicenses

Past simpleLesson

all personslicensed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave licensed
he, she, ithas licensed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill license

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

9 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • driver's license
  • a driver's license
  • his driver's license
  • my driver's license
  • your driver's license
  • without a license
  • driver's license yet
  • license plate number
  • driver's license until
  • have driver's licenses
  • driver's license is
  • driver's license but

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
license — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto