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verb
- 1. officially allow (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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PERMIT definition: 1. to allow something: 2. to make something possible: 3. an official document that allows you to…. Learn more.
The meaning of PERMIT is to consent to expressly or formally. How to use permit in a sentence.
To permit is to allow someone to do something. How is permit different from allow and let? Learn more on Thesaurus.com.
Definition of permit verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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.
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.
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′)
