[
US
/ˈpɝˌmɪt, pɝˈmɪt/
]
VERB
-
allow the presence of or allow (an activity) without opposing or prohibiting
We cannot tolerate smoking in the hospital
Children are not permitted beyond this point
We don't allow dogs here -
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 -
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
NOUN
- large game fish; found in waters of the West Indies
- a legal document giving official permission to do something
- the act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization
How To Use permit In A Sentence
- The openings permit solid and semi-solid bodily exudates to pass through the top sheet to the absorbent core as the diaper is worn.
- Your situation is not unlike the girl who permits everything but the textbook definition of sexual congress so she can say she's a virgin.
- In his novel, he separated the peninsula from the continent, thus permitting the cultural meeting of the peninsular peoples with those from the other side of the Atlantic.
- As if space has weather, and currents of permittivity sweep past. DEAD LINES
- We can well afford to let them stare and smile, well knowing that if a similar amount of prosperity permitted the people of other countries to travel for their pleasure in similar numbers, the result would be at the very least an equally -- shall I say undrawing-room-like contribution to cosmopolitan society? Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 87, March, 1875
- He was also trying to sell a snowy owl without the proper permits. Times, Sunday Times
- Indiscriminate concelebration with Patriotic clergy can't be considered as permitted. Archive 2009-07-01
- The production of a visceral-specific anti-peptide antibody should permit a further investigation of its expression in smooth muscle cells.
- Profound stupor associated with depression also responds to IV sodium amobarbital, thus permitting conversation between the patient and examiner, which often reveals depressive symptoms. The Neuropsychiatric Guide to Modern Everyday Psychiatry
- The city gave the telco an interim revocable permit earlier this year, but officials insisted a city charter requires that the franchise be voted on by residents.
