Permit

Quick meaning: Permit is a verb meaning (transitive) To allow (something) to happen, to give permission for.

Meaning

(transitive) To allow (something) to happen, to give permission for.

More Meanings

1. (transitive) To allow (someone) to do something; to give permission to.
2. (intransitive) To allow for, to make something possible.
3. (intransitive) To allow, to admit (of).
4. (transitive, pronounced like noun) To grant formal authorization for (something).
5. (transitive, pronounced like noun) To attempt to obtain or succeed in obtaining formal authorization for (something).
6. (now archaic, rare) To hand over, resign (something to someone).
7. An artifact or document rendering something allowed or legal.

Example Sentences

The Building Department permitted that project last week.

What was left to say? Quite a lot, if only parliamentary time permitted.

For snackage there's a 1950s-themed diner plus a barbie on the terrace, weather permitting.

"As an instrument of economic policy, incantation does not permit of minor doubts or scruples."

Word Forms

• permits
• permitting
• permitted

Synonyms for permit

Depending on context, synonyms include allowance, authorization, sanction, authority, clearance, consent.

Antonyms for permit

Common opposites include keep, prevent, forbid, proscribe, prohibit, veto.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include allow, permission, license, let, countenance, admit.

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