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LICENSE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does license mean?
• LICENSE (noun)
The noun LICENSE has 4 senses:
1. a legal document giving official permission to do something
2. freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behavior or speech)
3. excessive freedom; lack of due restraint
4. the act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization
Familiarity information: LICENSE used as a noun is uncommon.
• LICENSE (verb)
The verb LICENSE has 1 sense:
1. authorize officially
Familiarity information: LICENSE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A legal document giving official permission to do something
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
Hypernyms ("license" 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 "license"):
learner's permit (a document authorizing the bearer to learn to drive an automobile)
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)
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:
license (authorize officially)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behavior or speech)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
licence; license
Hypernyms ("license" is a kind of...):
liberty (freedom of choice)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "license"):
poetic license (license used by a writer or artist to heighten the effect of their work)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Excessive freedom; lack of due restraint
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
licence; license
Context example:
the intolerable license with which the newspapers break...the rules of decorum
Hypernyms ("license" is a kind of...):
liberty (freedom of choice)
Sense 4
Meaning:
The act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
license; permission; permit
Hypernyms ("license" 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 "license"):
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))
clearance (permission to proceed)
Derivation:
license (authorize officially)
| Conjugation: |
... he / she / it licenses Past simple: licensed
Past participle: licensed
-ing form: licensing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Authorize officially
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
Context example:
I am licensed to practice law in this state
Hypernyms (to "license" is one way to...):
authorise; authorize; clear; pass (grant authorization or clearance for)
"License" entails doing...:
approve; O.K.; okay; sanction (give sanction to)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "license"):
franchise (grant a franchise to)
charter (grant a charter to)
accredit; recognise; recognize (grant credentials to)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
Derivation:
license (the act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization)
license (a legal document giving official permission to do something)
licensee (someone to whom a license is granted)
licenser (an official who can issue a license or give authoritative permission (especially one who licenses publications))
Context examples
DNA replication licensing factor MCM3 (808aa, ~91 kDa) is encoded by the human MCM3 gene.
(DNA Replication Licensing Factor MCM3, NCI Thesaurus)
DNA replication licensing factor MCM2 (904 aa, ~102 kDa) is encoded by the human MCM2 gene.
(DNA Replication Licensing Factor MCM2, NCI Thesaurus)
An individual licensed for the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases in the oral cavity, adjacent tissues, and related structures.
(Dentist, NCI Thesaurus)
The procedure is done by a licensed health care professional.
(Abortion, NIH)
DNA replication licensing factor MCM5 (734 aa, ~82 kDa) is encoded by the human MCM5 gene.
(DNA Replication Licensing Factor MCM5, NCI Thesaurus)
Licensed facilities permitted to prepare animal food with added medications.
(Medicated Animal Feed Manufacture, NCI Thesaurus)
DNA replication licensing factor MCM6 (821 aa, ~93 kDa) is encoded by the human MCM6 gene.
(DNA Replication Licensing Factor MCM6, NCI Thesaurus)
A critical care nurse is a licensed professional nurse who is responsible for ensuring that all critically ill patients and their families receive optimal care.
(Critical Care Nursing, NCI Thesaurus)
You are likely to see a large, one-time sum of cash through a commission, royalty, licensing fee, big year-end bonus, or a large fee for a special project you worked on in 2019.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
A licensed pharmacist with special training in how to design, give, monitor, and change chemotherapy for cancer patients.
(BCOP, NCI Dictionary)
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