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Definition of permition

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1. permit [ v ] give permission
Examples: "She permitted her son to visit her estranged husband" "I won't let the police search her basement" "I cannot allow you to see your exam"

Used in print:

(The Atlanta Constitution...)

Fulton legislators `` work with city officials to pass enabling_legislation that will permit the establishment of a fair and equitable '' pension plan for city employes .

(The Dallas Morning News,...)

It permits the state to take_over bank_accounts , stocks and other personal_property of persons missing for seven years or more .

It would authorize the Texas_Education_Agency to establish county-wide day_schools for the deaf in counties of 300000 or more population , require deaf children between 6 and 13 years of_age to attend the day_schools , permitting older ones to attend the residential Texas_School_for_the_Deaf here .

`` A person with a master's_degree in physics , chemistry , math or English , yet who has not taken Education courses , is not permitted to teach in the public_schools '' , said Grover .

(The New York Times,...)

Philadelphia permitted him to seek a better connection after he had refused to reconsider his decision to end his career as a player .

Synonyms permit allow let countenance Related Terms forbid forbid accept authorize endure admit admit trust privilege legalize allow furlough give allow license license

2. permit [ v ] make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen
Examples: "This permits the water to rush in" "This sealed door won't allow the water come into the basement" "This will permit the rain to run off"

Used in print:

(The Providence Journal...)

Action on a new ordinance permitting motorists who plead guilty to minor traffic offenses to pay fines at the local police_station may be taken at Monday 's special North_Providence_Town_Council meeting .

("National Affairs"...)

As the 87 th Congress began its sessions last week , liberal Democrats were ready for a finish fight to open the sluice gates controlled by the House_Rules_Committee and permit the free flow of liberal legislation to the floor .

(The Christian Science Monitor...)

He can ( 1 ) point his car resolutely at the invading fender and force the other driver back into Lane A ; ( 2 ) slow_down and permit the ambivalent driver to change lanes ; or ( 3 ) alternately accelerate and decelerate , thus keeping the first driver guessing as to his intentions , thereby making a fascinating sport of the whole affair .

During one recent day of driving about Los_Angeles there were actually a dozen occasions when oncoming drivers stopped an entire lane of traffic to permit me to pull_out of an impossible side street .

(Ann Carnahan, Nick Manero's Cook-out Barbeque...)

This permits the juices to permeate the meat during cooking .

Synonyms let allow permit Related Terms prevent pass

3. permit [ n ] a legal document giving official permission to do something

Used in print:

(Peter J. White, "Report on Laos"...)

To go outside the few cities required permits .

(Jim Thompson, The Transgressors....)

I 'm not the only man in town with a gun , or the only one without a permit `` .

By failing to do as he was told instantly - to take_out a permit or return the gun to his car - he had played into Lord 's hands .

`` Why single me out on this permit deal '' ?

You do that or take you out a permit right now '' .

Synonyms permit license licence Related Terms legal_document occupation_license liquor_license hunting_license fishing_license building_permit letter_of_marque marriage_license driver's_license pass learner's_permit law license

4. permit [ n ] the act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization

Used in print:

(Robert E. Lane, The Liberties of Wit: Humanism, Critici...)

The observer of television or other products for a mass audience has only a permit to be , like the models he sees , even more like everybody else .

Synonyms permission permit license Related Terms authorization dispensation allowance clearance toleration conge license allow

5. permit [ v ] allow the presence of or allow (an activity) without opposing or prohibiting
Examples: "We don't allow dogs here" "Children are not permitted beyond this point" "We cannot tolerate smoking in the hospital"

Synonyms permit tolerate allow Related Terms license allowance

6. permit [ n ] large game fish; found in waters of the West Indies

Synonyms Trachinotus_falcatus permit Related Terms pompano

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