permit

== English == === Etymology 1 === From Middle English permitten, borrowed from Middle French permettre, from Latin permittō (“give up, allow”), from per (“through”) + mittō (“send”). ==== Pronunciation ==== (most verb senses): (General American) IPA(key): /pɚˈmɪt/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pəˈmɪt/ Rhymes: -ɪt (noun, denominal verb senses): (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpɝmɪt/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpɜːmɪt/ Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)mɪt (all senses): (South Asia) IPA(key): /ˈpər.mɪʈ/, (rhotic) [pɐɾ.mɪʈ], (non-rhotic) [pɜː.mɪʈ] ==== Verb ==== permit (third-person singular simple present permits, present participle permitting, simple past and past participle permitted) (transitive) To allow (something) to happen, to give permission for. [from 15th c.] (transitive) To allow (someone) to do something; to give permission to. [from 15th c.] (intransitive) To allow for, to make something possible. [from 16th c.] (intransitive) To allow, to admit (of). [from 18th c.] per (transitive, pronounced like noun) To grant formal authorization for (something). (transitive, pronounced like noun) To attempt to obtain or succeed in obtaining formal authorization for (something). (now archaic, rare) To hand over, resign (something to someone). [from 15th c.] ===== 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 ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Noun ==== permit (plural permits) An artifact or document rendering something allowed or legal. [from 17th c.] A learner's permit. (obsolete) Formal permission. [16th–19th c.] Synonyms: allowance, authorization, sanction; see also Thesaurus:permission ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Related terms ==== permission mission === Etymology 2 === An irregular borrowing from Spanish palometa, probably from a Doric variant of Ancient Greek πηλαμύς (pēlamús, “young tuna”). ==== Pronunciation ==== (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpɝmɪt/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpɜːmɪt/ Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)mɪt ==== Noun ==== permit (plural permit) A pompano of the species Trachinotus falcatus. ===== See also ===== Permit (fish) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Trachinotus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies === Anagrams === premit == French == === Pronunciation === === Verb === permit third-person singular past historic of permettre