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Grant me the treasure of sublime poverty: permit the distinctive sign of our order to be that it does not possess anything of its own beneath the sun, for the glory of your name, and that it have no other patrimony than begging.
Francis of Assisi

Meaning of "permit" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PERMIT

From Latin permittere, from per- through + mittere to send.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF PERMIT

permit  [pəˈmɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PERMIT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Permit is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb permit in English.

WHAT DOES PERMIT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of permit in the English dictionary

The first definition of permit in the dictionary is to grant permission to do something. Other definition of permit is to consent to or tolerate. Permit is also when intr, often foll by of; when tr, often foll by an infinitive to allow the possibility.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO PERMIT

PRESENT

Present
I permit
you permit
he/she/it permits
we permit
you permit
they permit
Present continuous
I am permitting
you are permitting
he/she/it is permitting
we are permitting
you are permitting
they are permitting
Present perfect
I have permitted
you have permitted
he/she/it has permitted
we have permitted
you have permitted
they have permitted
Present perfect continuous
I have been permitting
you have been permitting
he/she/it has been permitting
we have been permitting
you have been permitting
they have been permitting
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I permitted
you permitted
he/she/it permitted
we permitted
you permitted
they permitted
Past continuous
I was permitting
you were permitting
he/she/it was permitting
we were permitting
you were permitting
they were permitting
Past perfect
I had permitted
you had permitted
he/she/it had permitted
we had permitted
you had permitted
they had permitted
Past perfect continuous
I had been permitting
you had been permitting
he/she/it had been permitting
we had been permitting
you had been permitting
they had been permitting
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will permit
you will permit
he/she/it will permit
we will permit
you will permit
they will permit
Future continuous
I will be permitting
you will be permitting
he/she/it will be permitting
we will be permitting
you will be permitting
they will be permitting
Future perfect
I will have permitted
you will have permitted
he/she/it will have permitted
we will have permitted
you will have permitted
they will have permitted
Future perfect continuous
I will have been permitting
you will have been permitting
he/she/it will have been permitting
we will have been permitting
you will have been permitting
they will have been permitting
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would permit
you would permit
he/she/it would permit
we would permit
you would permit
they would permit
Conditional continuous
I would be permitting
you would be permitting
he/she/it would be permitting
we would be permitting
you would be permitting
they would be permitting
Conditional perfect
I would have permit
you would have permit
he/she/it would have permit
we would have permit
you would have permit
they would have permit
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been permitting
you would have been permitting
he/she/it would have been permitting
we would have been permitting
you would have been permitting
they would have been permitting
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you permit
we let´s permit
you permit
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to permit
Past participle
permitted
Present Participle
permitting
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PERMIT


admit
ədˈmɪt
coadmit
ˌkəʊədˈmɪt
commit
kəˈmɪt
decommit
ˌdi:kəˈmɪt
demit
dɪˈmɪt
emit
ɪˈmɪt
intermit
ˌɪntəˈmɪt
intromit
ˌɪntrəˈmɪt
manumit
ˌmænjʊˈmɪt
omit
əʊˈmɪt
overcommit
ˌəʊvəkəˈmɪt
pretermit
ˌpriːtəˈmɪt
readmit
ˌriːədˈmɪt
recommit
ˌriːkəˈmɪt
reemit
ˌriːɪˈmɪt
remit
rɪˈmɪt
resubmit
ˌriːsəbˈmɪt
retransmit
ˌriːtrænzˈmɪt
submit
səbˈmɪt
transmit
trænzˈmɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PERMIT

permie
permillage
permissibility
permissible
permissibleness
permissibly
permission
permissive
permissively
permissiveness
permittance
permitted
permittee
permitter
permitting
permittivities
permittivity
permutability
permutable
permutableness

WORDS THAT END LIKE PERMIT

building permit
entrance permit
entry permit
exit permit
fishing permit
hermit
learner´s permit
Peter the Hermit
re-entry permit
residence permit
Thermit
work permit

Synonyms and antonyms of permit in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «PERMIT»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «permit» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of permit

Translation of «permit» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PERMIT

Find out the translation of permit to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of permit from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «permit» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

通行证
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

permiso
570 millions of speakers

English

permit
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

परमिट
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تَصْرِيحٌ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

пропуск
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

autorização
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অনুমতি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

permettre
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Permit
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Erlaubnisschein
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

許可証
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

허가증
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ijin
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

giấy phép
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அனுமதி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

परवानगी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

izin
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

permesso
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pozwolenie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

дозвіл
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

permis
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

άδεια
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

permit
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

tillstånd
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

tillatelse
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of permit

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PERMIT»

The term «permit» is very widely used and occupies the 8.522 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PERMIT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «permit» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «permit» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about permit

EXAMPLES

10 QUOTES WITH «PERMIT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word permit.
1
Jack Henry Abbott
Because there is something helpless and weak and innocent - something like an infant - deep inside us all that really suffers in ways we would never permit an insect to suffer.
2
Ayaan Hirsi Ali
My first experience in the Netherlands was very pleasant, extremely pleasant. I mean, I got my residence permit, refugee status, within four weeks of arrival. People treated me extremely well.
3
Francis of Assisi
Grant me the treasure of sublime poverty: permit the distinctive sign of our order to be that it does not possess anything of its own beneath the sun, for the glory of your name, and that it have no other patrimony than begging.
4
Charles Glover Barkla
As an Englishman, permit me now to say with what pleasure I learnt of the election of Professor Planck and Professor Stark to the Nobel Prizes for the years 1918 and 1919.
5
Marion Bartoli
I can't permit myself to do things halfway; I never was like that.
6
Alan Bennett
Feeling I'd scarcely arrived at a style, I now find I'm near the end of it. I'm not quite sure what Late Style means except that it's some sort of licence, a permit for ageing practitioners to kick their heels up.
7
Smedley Butler
We must permit the youth of the land who would bear arms to decide whether or not there should be war.
8
Christo
And for every project, because it takes years, you can see the early drawings and collages as just a simple, vague idea, and through the years and through the negotiations of getting the permit, you see that every detail is now clarified.
9
Luc de Clapiers
There is nothing that fear and hope does not permit men to do.
10
Nick Clegg
The Conservative Party is not honouring the commitment to Lords reform and, as a result, part of our contract has now been broken. Clearly I cannot permit a situation where Conservative rebels can pick and choose the parts of the contract they like, while Liberal Democrat MPs are bound to the entire agreement.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PERMIT»

Discover the use of permit in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to permit and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Permit
Poetry. "I'm standing in for a huge range of U.S. readers and writers for whom Rob Holloway's work will be a delightful surprise--and a challenge, for we're not used to a meditative, analytical poetry with this many moving parts.
Rob Holloway, 2009
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Permit Me to Dream
"Permit Me to Dream " is a poetry book written by Steven Caulfield from Durham, England. He uses the art of language to explore the realms of this imagination and soul. The book is the result of six years of reflection and writing.
Steven Caulfield, 2009
3
Why Does God Permit Evil?
Bruno Webb. GOD Permit EVIL? Dom Bruno Webb Why Does God Permit Evil? Why Does God Permit Evil? WhyDoes Front Cover.
Bruno Webb, 2006
4
Guidance manual for the preparation of NPDES permit ...
1.1. BACKGROUND. Section 121 (b) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) mandates the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to select remedies that “utilize permanent solutions and ...
5
No Car, No Radio, No Liquor Permit: The Moral Regulation of ...
Through the use of government documents, case files, and oral interviews, the book shows how single mothers throughout history have opened their homes and their lives to intrusive investigations to prove themselves financially and morally ...
Margaret Jane Hillyard Little, 1998
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NPDES permit writers' manual
Chapter. 4. The. Permit. Application. Process. This chapter describes the NPDES permit application process including the permit writer's role in reviewing the application and evaluating background information about the applicant. Through this ...
7
The RCRA Practice Manual
The emergency permit may be oral or written; if oral, it must be followed by a written permit within five days.29 An emergency permit cannot exceed 90 days in duration. It must specify the hazardous waste received, and how and where it will be ...
Theodore L. Garrett, 2004
8
Permit Trading in Different Applications
Permit. Trading. in. Different. Applications. Permit trading is an environmental policy instrument that has received increasing levels of attention over recent years. Coming from the field of air quality management, with the European CO2 ...
Bernd Hansj Rgens, Bernd Hansjürgens, Ralf Antes, 2011
9
Housing units authorized for demolition in permit-issuing places
0emolition Reporting Practices of Permit-Issuing Places Authorizing the 0emolition of 1 or More Housing Units: 1971 and 1970 X Not applicable. Note: 9aaed on data after editing and follow-up procedures. Excludes permit-isauing places that ...
United States. Bureau of the Census, 1969
10
Guidance manual and example NPDES permit for concentrated ...
2.0 Who Needs a Permit? follow-up inspection to determine if the concerns have been addressed. Examples of letters that would be used at the conclusion of a designation inspection are included in Appendix D. A 25 Year, 24-Hour Rainfall ...
United States, Office of Wastewater Management, Environmental Protection Agency

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PERMIT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term permit is used in the context of the following news items.
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Newcastle announce signing of Mbemba, subject to work permit
Newcastle United have announced that a deal is in place to sign Chancel Mbmemba from Anderlecht, subject to a work permit. The Magpies ... «Goal.com, Jul 15»
2
Bayan to hold rally vs Aquino SONA even without permit
The Quezon City police earlier said it would impose a “no-rally, no-permit” on Monday. Bayan secretary-general Renato Reyes Jr. said the city ... «Inquirer.net, Jul 15»
3
Monday is final day for some to apply for Maine deer permit
... Maine wildlife officials are collecting the last of the applications to participate in the state's upcoming antlerless deer hunting permit lottery. «WCSH-TV, Jul 15»
4
Iwi angered by lack of consultation over Westhaven mineral permit
The Department of Conservation has admitted it failed to consult with Golden Bay iwi when it granted prospectors access to historic tribal land ... «The Nelson Mail, Jul 15»
5
Bar-Way Farm granted methane digester permit
DEERFIELD — After almost seven years, the Bar-Way Farm has finally been granted a permit from the state Department of Environmental ... «The Recorder, Jul 15»
6
Teen practicing for learner's permit crashes into Dunkin' Donuts in …
A 16-year-old who was practicing driving for his learner's permit with his mother, crashed into a Dunkin Donuts in Glen Rock, New Jersey. «WABC-TV, Jul 15»
7
Pee Dee weapons trainers, gun advocates disagree on permit
He said the only problem he has with people being allowed to carry concealed without a permit is the lack of oversight of people who are ... «SCNow, Jul 15»
8
Permit issued for new Wendy's; Tara's Treasures is in the business …
Danco Builders picked up a construction permit for the new Wendy's on Martha Berry Boulevard last week. It's one of the largest permits issued ... «Northwest Georgia News, Jul 15»
9
Paralyzed former temporary foreign worker granted two-year work …
EDMONTON - A paralyzed former temporary foreign worker has been granted a two-year work permit that voids her deportation order and ... «Edmonton Journal, Jul 15»
10
Indonesian student awarded first new work permit in Shanghai, no …
Initiating a new policy directed at attracting and retaining global talent, Shanghai has approved the first work permit for an international student ... «Shanghaiist, Jul 15»

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