PERMIT (permitted, permitting)

IPA (US):

Irregular inflected forms: permitted    , permitting   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does permit mean? 

• PERMIT (noun)
  The noun PERMIT has 3 senses:

1. a legal document giving official permission to do something

2. the act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization

3. large game fish; found in waters of the West Indies

  Familiarity information: PERMIT used as a noun is uncommon.

• PERMIT (verb)
  The verb PERMIT has 3 senses:

1. consent to, give permission

2. make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen

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

  Familiarity information: PERMIT used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PERMIT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A legal document giving official permission to do something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

licence; license; permit

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"):

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

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

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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

license; permission; permit

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"):

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:

permit (consent to, give permission)

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

Sense 3

Meaning:

Large game fish; found in waters of the West Indies

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

permit; Trachinotus falcatus

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

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

• PERMIT (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they permit ... he / she / it permits
Past simple: permitted   
Past participle: permitted   
-ing form: permitting   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Consent to, give permission

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

allow; countenance; let; permit

Context example:

I cannot allow you to see your exam

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:

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

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

allow; let; permit

Context example:

This will permit the rain to run off

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

Sense 3

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

allow; permit; tolerate

Context example:

We cannot tolerate smoking in the hospital

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)

 Context examples 

There was that large tolerance and sympathy in his nature that would permit him to do no less.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

We’ll have our lunch here, if you will permit us, and then we shall all three set off for town together.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A structure that permits a subject to recline; it can be used for sleeping or for positioning a subject for a procedure.

(Bed, NCI Thesaurus)

Anti-KIR monoclonal antibody IPH 2101 binds to the KIR receptor expressed on human natural killer (NK) cells, which may prevent KIR-mediated inhibition of NK cells and permit NK cell-mediated anti-tumor cytotoxicity.

(Anti-KIR Monoclonal Antibody IPH 2101, NCI Thesaurus)

No one is ever permitted to enter that room save the house-maid in the morning, and my valet, or my wife’s maid, during the rest of the day.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Yet he knew that it was not permitted him to pursue and drag them down.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

I said it was not a respectful way of proposing the toast, and I would never permit that toast to be drunk in my house otherwise than as “The Ladies!”

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

“And you permitted it!” she cried.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

You've already slightly chilled your lungs. Besides, he is a physician and knows. He would never permit it.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

Having high relative density or specific gravity; permitting little if any light to pass through.

(Dense, NCI Thesaurus)