permission

Meaning

Noun

1. authorisation; consent (especially formal consent from someone in authority)
2. The act of permitting.
3. Flags or access control lists pertaining to a file that dictate who can access it, and how.

Verb

To grant or obtain authorization for.

Hyphenated as

per‧mis‧sion

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pəˈmɪʃən/

Etymology

From Middle English permision, permission, permissioun, permyssion, from Middle French permission, from Latin permissiō. Mostly replaced native English leave, from Old English lēaf (“permission”).

Sentences

That day , the merchant gave the boy permission to build the display .