permit
pronunciation
How to pronounce permit in British English:
UK [pəˈmɪt , ˈpɜːmɪt]
How to pronounce permit in American English:
US [pərˈmɪt , ˈpɜːrmɪt]
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- Noun:
- a legal document giving official permission to do something
- the act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization
- large game fish; found in waters of the West Indies
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- Verb:
- consent to, give permission
- make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen
- allow the presence of or allow (an activity) without opposing or prohibiting
Word Origin
- permit
- permit: [15] Permit is one of a large family of English words (including also admit, commit, etc) which go back to Latin mittere ‘let go, send’. Combination with the prefix per- ‘through’ produced permittere ‘let go, give up’, hence ‘allow’. Amongst derivatives to have reached English are permissible [15], permission [15], and permissive [17].=> admit, commit, mission, permission, submit, transmit
- permit (v.)
- late 15c., from Middle French permetre and directly from Latin permittere "let pass, let go, let loose; give up, hand over; let, allow, grant, permit," from per- "through" (see per) + mittere "let go, send" (see mission). Related: Permitted; permitting.
- permit (n.)
- "written statement of permission or license," 1714, from permit (v.).
Example
- 1. We permit " the system " to suppress greatness .
- 2. But other , larger companies usually have solid ship deadlines and can 't permit bugs in production code . "
- 3. The u.s. has been pressing beijing to permit publication .
- 4. Clp 's environmental permit bans dredging during the breeding seasons .
- 5. Can a foreign student work without a work permit ?