to permit
531
1.5
- verb
- /pərˈmɪt/
:
permitir
- We have rules on when people are permitted to drink alcohol.
- permit students
- permit only
- permit analysis
We have rules on when people are permitted to drink alcohol.
- We have rules on when people are permitted to drink alcohol.
- I'm not going to witness or permit the change of it.
- They just tell you what the mathematics permits in the way of possibilities.
- I think justify or permit might be a better word to use.
- Vases and I are not permitted to dally.
- Will the growing use of algorithms in law permit more forgiveness or restrict it?
- If God is dead, everything is permitted is the the hallmark of that.
- For a simple reason, they're not permitted to come here.
- And I'd like to sort of talk about it, if you permit me, in a much bigger way.
- No reasonable definition of reality could be expected to permit such a result, you know.
- But it, it, it permits pristine information to the market.
- And I think in some ways it is it permits a different way of approaching relationships.
- And this crowd around him, this crowd of venomous, enabling thugs who permit this nightmare to continue.
- Haptics are items of clothing that permit feeling from a remote location.
- Systems that permit bullying to happen harm everyone in them.
Examples
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The one thing that is not permitted is despair.
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I'll permit him to answer.
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Are women not permitted at such events?
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Only citizens were permitted to own land in Attica.
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The prisoner Captain Bruner will be permitted to make an opening statement.
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Permit me to introduce the brilliant young plastic surgeon, Dr Phillip Schlotkin.
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The teacher will permit students to take the exam at a later date.
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They did not permit anyone to leave the meeting until all issues were resolved.
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Her parents permit her to stay out late on weekends.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
Allow someone to do something or something to happen
∞
1.0
To let something happen or let someone do something
565
3.3
To officially give permission, rights, or money to someone
489
4.4
To give official permission for someone to do something
427
3.7
Give someone the right to do or have something
172
1.3
Let someone or something enter a place
156
3.4
To give official permission to do something after checking qualifications
56
3.2
Allow people or ideas you do not agree with
53
6.3
To give official permission for something
10
8.3
To allow something by showing approval
Antonyms
Compounds
- Formal
11
3.2
Official paper that lets a person from another country work in that country for a time
- Formal
9
2.8
An official paper that lets a new driver practice driving a car before getting a full license
- Formal
9
3.4
Official paper that allows you to build or knock down a building on a site
- Formal
1
3.4
An official document that allows a person to hunt and kill a certain animal during a set time
How Permissive
Surface Forms
Etymology
The verb permit comes from the same Latin parts per- 'through' and mittere 'to send', so to permit someone is to 'let them go through' or allow something to happen.