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verb
- 1. give authorization or consent to (someone) to do something: "the law permits councils to monitor any factory emitting smoke"
noun
- 1. an official document giving someone authorization to do something: "he is only in Britain on a work permit"
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The meaning of PERMIT is to consent to expressly or formally. How to use permit in a sentence.
PERMIT definition: 1. to allow something: 2. to make something possible: 3. an official document that allows you to…. Learn more.
Permit definition: to allow to do something. See examples of PERMIT used in a sentence.
As a noun, a permit is a document that lets you do something — like when you get a driver's permit to learn to drive, or a gun permit to carry a gun, or even a construction permit to build an addition to your house.
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. The majority of foreign nationals working here have work permits. He has to apply for a permit, and we have to find him a job.
1. To allow the doing of (something); consent to: permit the sale of alcoholic beverages. 2. To grant consent or leave to (someone); authorize: permitted him to explain. 3. To afford opportunity or possibility for: weather that permits sailing. v.intr. To afford opportunity; allow: if circumstances permit. n. (pûr′mĭt, pər-mĭt′)
Definition of permit verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
noun. permits. Permission, esp. in writing. Webster's New World. A document granting permission; license; warrant. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. An Atlantic pompano fish (Trachinotus falcatus) found esp. in the Caribbean.
PERMIT definition: 1. to allow something: 2. to make something possible: 3. an official document that allows you to…. Learn more.
to provide opportunity (for), or admit (of): [~ + object] The power plant has vents to permit the escape of gases. [no object] I'll look this over when time permits.
