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ALL meanings of permit

per·mit
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  • verb with object permit to allow to do something: Permit me to explain. 1
  • verb with object permit to allow to be done or occur: The law does not permit the sale of such drugs. 1
  • verb with object permit to tolerate; agree to: a law permitting Roman Catholicism in England. 1
  • verb with object permit to afford opportunity for, or admit of: vents to permit the escape of gases. 1
  • verb without object permit to grant permission; allow liberty to do something. 1
  • verb without object permit to afford opportunity or possibility: Write when time permits. 1
  • verb without object permit to allow or admit (usually followed by of): statements that permit of no denial. 1
  • noun permit a pompano, Trachinotus falcatus, of the waters off the West Indies. 1
  • transitive verb permit allow 1
  • verbal expression permit allow to do 1
  • noun permit document: license 1
  • intransitive verb permit provide opportunity 1
  • transitive verb permit provide opportunity for 1
  • verb permit If someone permits something, they allow it to happen. If they permit you to do something, they allow you to do it. 0
  • countable noun permit A permit is an official document which says that you may do something. For example you usually need a permit to work in a foreign country. 0
  • verb permit If a situation permits something, it makes it possible for that thing to exist, happen, or be done or it provides the opportunity for it. 0
  • verb permit If you permit yourself something, you allow yourself to do something that you do not normally do or that you think you probably should not do. 0
  • verb permit to grant permission to do something 0
  • verb permit to consent to or tolerate 0
  • verb permit to allow the possibility (of) 0
  • noun permit an official certificate or document granting authorization; licence 0
  • noun permit permission, esp written permission 0
  • verb transitive permit to allow; consent to; tolerate 0
  • verb transitive permit to give permission to; authorize 0
  • verb transitive permit to give opportunity for 0
  • intransitive verb permit to give opportunity or possibility 0
  • noun permit permission, esp. in writing 0
  • noun permit a document granting permission; license; warrant 0
  • noun permit a printed postal indicia, stamped ticket, etc. 0
  • noun permit an Atlantic pompano fish (Trachinotus falcatus) found esp. in the Caribbean 0
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