permit

Everyday

1. (verb, formal) To allow someone to do something, or allow something to happen. tree →
2. (noun) An official paper that gives you permission to do something. tree →
3. (verb) To make something possible: "weather permitting". tree →

In the lessons

In rules and safety signs: "no dogs permitted", "swimming is not permitted". A parking permit or work permit is an official document. Phrases: weather permitting, permit to, not permitted.

Examples

• Dogs are not permitted in the café. tree →
• Mum permitted us to stay up late. tree →
• We'll have a picnic, weather permitting. tree →
• You need a permit to fish in this lake. tree →
• Running is not permitted in the corridors. tree →
• Dad showed his parking permit. tree →
• Time did not permit a second game. tree →
• I could not permit such a thing. tree →

Note

Verb stressed "per-MIT", noun "PER-mit". Doubles t: permitted, permitting. More formal than "allow" or "let". Noun of the action: permission.

In Jewish tradition

In rules and safety signs: "no dogs permitted", "swimming is not permitted". A parking permit or work permit is an official document. Phrases: weather permitting, permit to, not permitted.

Examples

• These ten Sephiroth which are, moreover, ineffable, have their end even as their beginning, conjoined, even as is a flame to a burning coal: for our God is superlative in his unity, and does not permit any second one. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887) tree →
• "Besides, who permitted Rabbi Akiba to write tiie Sefer Yetzirah ? (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →

Note

Verb stressed "per-MIT", noun "PER-mit". Doubles t: permitted, permitting. More formal than "allow" or "let". Noun of the action: permission.