permit

Verb

1. (transitive) To allow (something) to happen, to give permission for.
2. (transitive) To allow (someone) to do something; to give permission to.
3. (intransitive) To allow for, to make something possible.
4. (intransitive) To allow, to admit (of).
5. (transitive) To grant formal authorization for (something).
6. (transitive) To attempt to obtain or succeed in obtaining formal authorization for (something).
7. (archaic, rare) To hand over, resign (something to someone).

Noun

1. An artifact or document rendering something allowed or legal.
2. An artifact or document rendering something allowed or legal.
3. (obsolete) Formal permission.

Noun

A pompano of the species Trachinotus falcatus.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pɚˈmɪt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: permitten

In summary

From Middle English permitten, borrowed from Middle French permettre, from Latin permittō (“give up, allow”), from per (“through”) + mittō (“send”).

Synonyms

allow

let

license

permission

authorize

licence

grant

consent

approve

pass

give permission

tolerate

admit

certificate

countenance

agree

authorization

leave

sanction

accord

yield

empower

afford

suffer

concede

admission

authorisation

give leave

accept

🉑

authorise

warrant

assent

consent to

give

release

bestow

tolerance

Trachinotus falcatus

dismiss

condone

commission

offer

approval

allowance

let go

certify

enable

endorse

believe

agree to

Translations

permettre

permitir

permettere

erlauben

toelaten

permitir

toestaan

autoriser

gestatten

veroorloven

zulassen

permetre

permesso

vergunnen

permittere

Sentences

The province does not permit the ordination of women to the episcopate .