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PERMIT

Irregular inflected forms: permitted    , permitting   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization

Synonyms:

license; permission; permit

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("permit" is a kind of...):

authorisation; authorization; empowerment (the act of conferring legality or sanction or formal warrant)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "permit"):

clearance (permission to proceed)

conge; congee (formal permission to depart)

allowance (the act of allowing)

dispensation (an exemption from some rule or obligation)

toleration (official recognition of the right of individuals to hold dissenting opinions (especially in religion))

Derivation:

permit (consent to, give permission)

permit (allow the presence of or allow (an activity) without opposing or prohibiting)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Large game fish; found in waters of the West Indies

Synonyms:

permit; Trachinotus falcatus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("permit" is a kind of...):

pompano (any of several deep-bodied food fishes of western Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A legal document giving official permission to do something

Synonyms:

licence; license; permit

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("permit" is a kind of...):

instrument; legal document; legal instrument; official document ((law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "permit"):

liberty chit; pass (a permit to enter or leave a military installation)

occupation licence; occupation license (a license to pursue a particular occupation)

marriage licence; marriage license; wedding licence; wedding license (a license authorizing two people to marry)

liquor licence; liquor license (a license authorizing the holder to sell alcoholic beverages)

letter of mark and reprisal; letter of marque; letters of marque (a license to a private citizen to seize property of another nation)

learner's permit (a document authorizing the bearer to learn to drive an automobile)

game license; hunting licence; hunting license; hunting permit (a license authorizing the bearer to kill a certain type of animal during a specified period of time)

fishing licence; fishing license; fishing permit (a license authorizing the bearer to fish during a specified period of time)

driver's licence; driver's license; driving licence; driving license (a license authorizing the bearer to drive a motor vehicle)

building permit (a document authorizing the holder to construct a building of a particular kind on a particular lot)

Derivation:

permit (consent to, give permission)

permit (allow the presence of or allow (an activity) without opposing or prohibiting)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Consent to, give permission

Example:

I cannot allow you to see your exam

Synonyms:

allow; countenance; let; permit

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "permit" is one way to...):

accept; consent; go for (give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to)

Verb group:

allow; grant (let have)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "permit"):

abide; bear; brook; digest; endure; put up; stand; stick out; stomach; suffer; support; tolerate (put up with something or somebody unpleasant)

furlough (grant a leave to)

give (allow to have or take)

allow; permit; tolerate (allow the presence of or allow (an activity) without opposing or prohibiting)

authorise; authorize; clear; pass (grant authorization or clearance for)

admit; include; let in (allow participation in or the right to be part of; permit to exercise the rights, functions, and responsibilities of)

favor; favour; privilege (bestow a privilege upon)

decriminalise; decriminalize; legalise; legalize; legitimate; legitimatise; legitimatize; legitimise; legitimize (make legal)

trust (allow without fear)

admit; allow in; intromit; let in (allow to enter; grant entry to)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE

Sentence example:

They permit him to write the letter

Antonym:

forbid (command against)

Derivation:

permissible (that may be permitted especially as according to rule)

permission (the act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization)

permissive (granting or inclined or able to grant permission; not strict in discipline)

permit (the act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization)

permit (a legal document giving official permission to do something)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Allow the presence of or allow (an activity) without opposing or prohibiting

Example:

We cannot tolerate smoking in the hospital

Synonyms:

allow; permit; tolerate

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "permit" is one way to...):

allow; countenance; let; permit (consent to, give permission)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

permissive (granting or inclined or able to grant permission; not strict in discipline)

permit (the act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization)

permit (a legal document giving official permission to do something)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen

Example:

This will permit the rain to run off

Synonyms:

allow; let; permit

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "permit"):

pass (allow to go without comment or censure)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody INFINITIVE
Something ----s INFINITIVE

Credits

 Context examples: 

Co-administration of ethynyluracil permits the oral administration of 5-FU.

(Eniluracil, NCI Thesaurus)

Nay, the prince would not permit it.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“I trust that you are as comfortable as circumstances permit,” said Holmes when the final arrangements were made.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“You will permit me to tell the story in my own way, Sir Philip,” said the Prince, with dignity.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Clerval continued talking for some time about our mutual friends and his own good fortune in being permitted to come to Ingolstadt.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

HX4, the 2-nitroimidazole moiety of [F-18]HX4, is selectively bioreduced and bound in hypoxic tumor cells, permitting the imaging of hypoxic tumor cells with positron emission tomography (PET).

(Fluorine F-18 HX4, NCI Thesaurus)

Any substitutions on carbon or nitrogen atoms are permitted.

(Ethylenimine Compound, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS) Lying down to rest in the afternoon when circumstances permit.

(ESS - Lying Down to Rest in the Afternoon When Circumstances Permit, NCI Thesaurus)

These channels permit the direct transfer of small molecules including ions, amino acids, nucleotides, second messengers and other metabolites between adjacent cells.

(Gap Junction Assembly Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)

The remodeling of the promoter permits NF1 binding and the assembly of a transcription initiation complex.

(hSWI-SNF Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)