permit
An artifact or document rendering something allowed or legalAn artifact or document rendering something allowed or legal.
Meaning
4 sensesAn artifact or document rendering something allowed or legal.
A construction permit can be obtained from the town offices.
Go over to the park office and get a permit for the #3 shelter.
Genehmigung, Erlaubnis
разреше́ниеrazrešénije, дозволе́ниеdozvolénije
до́звілdózvil
a legal document giving official permission to do something
An artifact or document rendering something allowed or legal.
A learner's permit.
A pompano of the species Trachinotus falcatus.
(obsolete)Formal permission.
the act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization
Examples
1297 sentencesI have a permit for this gun.
У мене є дозвіл на цю зброю. — deniko
Tom wouldn't permit Mary to do that.
Том не дозволив би Мері це зробити. — deniko
ruТом не позволил бы Мэри это сделать. — marafon
I didn't permit Tom to do that.
Я не дозволяв Тому цього робити. — deniko
ruЯ не разрешил Тому это сделать. — marafon
Why did you permit Tom to do that?
Чому ти дозволив Тому це зробити? — deniko
Tom will never permit you to do that.
Том ніколи тобі не дозволить це зробити. — deniko
ruТом никогда не позволит тебе это сделать. — odexed
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English permitten, borrowed from Middle French permettre, from Latin permittōFrom Middle English permitten, borrowed from Middle French permettre, from Latin permittō (“give up, allow”), from per (“through”) + mittō (“send”).
An irregular borrowing from Spanish palometa, probably from a Doric variant of Ancient Greek πηλαμύς (pēlamús, “young tuna”).
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Forms
plural: permits / permitSynonyms
14 synonyms- large game fish; found in waters of the West Indies:Trachinotus falcatus
- the act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization:licensepermission
- a legal document giving official permission to do something:licenselicence
Word family
17 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular
Collocations
12 patterns- permitted to do
- be permitted to
- might be permitted
- not be permitted
- won't be permitted
- not permitted to
- weather permitting
- going to permit
- only one permitted
- never permit
- without a permit
- tomorrow weather permitting
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.