Meaning

3 senses
  1. (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

  2. (countable, uncountable)The act of permitting.

    разреше́ниеrazrešénije

    до́звілdózvil, дозволя́нняdozvoljánnja

    the act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization

  3. (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 sentences
  1. We're not going to get permission.

    Ми не отримаємо дозволу. — deniko

  2. Did you get permission to park here?

    Ви отримали дозвіл паркуватися тут? — ChickenKiev

  3. 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

  4. You don't have permission to do that.

    У тебе немає дозволу на те, щоб це робити. — deniko

  5. You shouldn't have done that without permission.

    Тобі не слід було робити цього без дозволу. — deniko

Translations

9 languages
Українська
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Русский
By meaning 1
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Deutsch
By meaning 1
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Origin

From Middle English permision, permission, permissioun, permyssion, from Middle French per

From 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
Singularpermission
Pluralpermissions

regular

Synonyms

11 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization:licensepermit

Antonyms

2 antonyms

Word family

15 related words

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

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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