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permit
Found in thesaurus: legal document, official document, instrument, legal instrument, authorization, authorisation, empowerment, pompano, accept, consent, go for, permit, countenance, let, allow
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permit
v.
let, enable; allow; authorize, sanction
n.
license; written permission; authorization
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Permit
Permit may refer to:
- Permit (fish), a game fish of the western Atlantic ocean belonging to the Carangidae family, Trachinotus falcatus
- Various legal licenses:
- License
- Work permit, legal authorization which allows a person to take employment
- Learner's permit, restricted license that is given to a person who is learning to drive
- International Driving Permit, allows an individual to drive a private motor vehicle in another nation
- Disabled parking permit, displayed upon a vehicle carrying a person whose mobility is significantly impaired
- Protest permit, permission granted by a governmental agency for a demonstration
- Construction permit, required in most jurisdictions for new construction, or adding onto pre-existing structures
- Filming Permit, required in most jurisdictions for filming motion pictures and television
- Home Return Permit, Mainland (China) Travel Permit for Hong Kong and Macao Residents
- One-way Permit, document issued by the PRC allowing residents of mainland China to leave the mainland for Hong Kong
- Thresher/Permit class submarine, a class of nuclear-powered fast attack submarines in service with the United States Navy
- USS Permit (SS-178), a Porpoise-class submarine of the United States Navy
- USS Permit (SSN-594), the lead ship of her class of submarine of the United States Navy
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permit
Noun
1. a legal document giving official permission to do something
(synonym) license, licence
(hypernym) legal document, legal instrument, official document, instrument
(hyponym) building permit
(derivation) allow, tolerate
(classification) law, jurisprudence
2. the act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization
(synonym) license, permission
(hypernym) authorization, authorisation, empowerment
(hyponym) clearance
(derivation) allow, tolerate
3. large game fish; found in waters of the West Indies
(synonym) Trachinotus falcatus
(hypernym) pompano
Verb
1. consent to, give permission; "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"
(synonym) allow, let, countenance
(antonym) forbid, prohibit, interdict, proscribe, veto, disallow
(hypernym) accept, consent, go for
(hyponym) digest, endure, stick out, stomach, bear, stand, tolerate, support, brook, abide, suffer, put up
(verb-group) allow, grant
(derivation) license, permission
2. make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen; "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"
(synonym) let, allow
(hyponym) pass
3. allow the presence of or allow (an activity) without opposing or prohibiting; "We don't allow dogs here"; "Children are not permitted beyond this point"; "We cannot tolerate smoking in the hospital"
(synonym) allow, tolerate
(hypernym) allow, let, countenance
(derivation) license, permission
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permettre
v.
allow, let; permit; enable, license
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permit
v.
povolit; umožnit
n.
povolení
