permission
Authorisation; consentAuthorisation; consent (especially formal consent from someone in authority)
» We're not going to get permission.
Ми не отримаємо дозволу.
Meaning
3 senses(countable, uncountable)Authorisation; consent (especially formal consent from someone in authority)
Sire, do I have your permission to execute this traitor?
Erlaubnis, Gestattung, Genehmigung
разреше́ниеrazrešénije, позволе́ниеpozvolénije
до́звілdózvil, дозволя́нняdozvoljánnja
(countable, uncountable)The act of permitting.
разреше́ниеrazrešénije
до́звілdózvil, дозволя́нняdozvoljánnja
the act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization
(countable, uncountable)Flags or access control lists pertaining to a file that dictate who can access it, and how.
I used the "chmod" command to change the file's permission.
Examples
782 sentencesWe're not going to get permission.
Ми не отримаємо дозволу. — deniko
Did you get permission to park here?
Ви отримали дозвіл паркуватися тут? — ChickenKiev
Who gave you permission to do that?
Хто дав тобі дозвіл це зробити? — deniko
ruКто дал вам разрешение сделать это? — sharptoothed
deWer hat Ihnen dazu die Erlaubnis gegeben? — manese
You don't have permission to do that.
У тебе немає дозволу на те, щоб це робити. — deniko
You shouldn't have done that without permission.
Тобі не слід було робити цього без дозволу. — deniko
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English permision, permission, permissioun, permyssion, from Middle French perFrom Middle English permision, permission, permissioun, permyssion, from Middle French permission, from Latin permissiō. Equivalent to permit + -ion. Mostly replaced native English leave, from Old English lēaf (“permission”).
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Forms
plural: permissions| Singular | permission |
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regular
Synonyms
11 synonymsAntonyms
2 antonymsWord family
15 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
12 patterns- permission to do
- asked for permission
- for permission to
- without permission
- permission to leave
- have permission to
- get permission to
- that without permission
- without our permission
- get permission
- to get permission
- without your permission