permit

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 Pronunciation 1.5 Verb 1.5.1 Usage notes 1.5.2 Translations 1.6 Derived terms 2 French 2.1 Verb

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

Middle English permitten, from Middle French permettre, from Latin permittere (“‘to give up, to allow’”).

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈpɜːmɪt/ (UK) or /ˈpɝmɪt/ (US)
• SAMPA: {{{1}}} /"p3:mIt/ (UK) or /"p3`mIt/ (US)
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}

[edit] Noun

permit (plural permits)

1. An artifact or document rendering something allowed or legal.

[edit] Translations

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /pəˈmɪt/ (UK) or /pɚˈmɪt/ (US)
• SAMPA: {{{1}}} /p@"mIt/ (UK) or /p@`"mIt/ (US)
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}

[edit] Verb

to permit (third-person singular simple present permits, present participle permitting, simple past and past participle permitted)

1. Allow to happen
2. Legalise

[edit] Usage notes

• This is a catenative verb that in the active form takes the gerund (-ing), but in passive takes the to infinitive. See Appendix:English catenative verbs

[edit] Translations

[edit] Derived terms

permission

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[edit] French

[edit] Verb

permit

1. Third-person singular past historic of permettre.