permit

Pronunciation

noun

• (UK) IPA ^(key): /ˈpɜːmɪt/ SAMPA: /"p3:mIt/
• (US) IPA ^(key): /ˈpɝmɪt/ SAMPA: /"p3`mIt/

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verb

• (UK) IPA ^(key): /pəˈmɪt/ SAMPA: /p@"mIt/
• (US) IPA ^(key): /pɚˈmɪt/ SAMPA: /p@`"mIt/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

Noun

Singular permit

Plural permits

1. If you have a permit to do something, you have a document that says you are allowed to do it, it is legal for you to do it.

Verb

Plain form permit

Third-person singular permits

Past tense permitted

Past participle permitted

Present participle permitting

1. If you permit something, you let it happen.
2. If you permit something, you make it legal.

Synonyms

• tolerate

Antonyms

• disallow