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permit
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[ verb ] give permission
Synonyms 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 . |
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[ verb ] 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 . |
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[ noun ] (writing) 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 '' . |
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[ noun ] the act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization
Synonyms 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 . Related terms authorization dispensation allowance clearance toleration conge license allow |
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[ noun ] (zoology) large game fish; found in waters of the West Indies
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