permit (B1)
verb
Pronunciation: /pərˈmɪt/
Definition
To allow someone to do something or to allow something to happen.
Examples
Smoking is not permitted in this building.
The new law permits citizens to carry firearms.
The teacher permitted the students to leave early.
How to Use permit
- permit someone to do something (prepositional phrase)
- To give official permission to a person to perform an action. — "The manager permitted her to take the day off."
- permit doing something (prepositional phrase)
- To allow an action to take place. — "The rules do not permit smoking in this area."
- permit of something (prepositional phrase)
- To allow for or make possible. — "The design does not permit of any further modification."
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