permitted; permitting
1
: to consent to expressly or formally
permit access to records
2
: to give leave : authorize
3
: to make possible
the design permits easy access
: to give an opportunity : allow
if time permits
permitter
noun
1
: a written warrant or license granted by one having authority
a gun permit
2
: a pompano (Trachinotus falcatus) that is an important game fish of temperate to tropical waters of the western Atlantic
Examples of permit in a Sentence
Verb
The judge permitted the release of the prisoner.
Smoking is not permitted in the building.
When we arrived at customs we realized we had more than the permitted number of items.
He permitted himself one more cookie.
The new ramp permits easier access to the highway.
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Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 14 May 2025
While prices have been falling steadily for two years now, annual permitting activity in the city, which exploded between 2019 and 2022, already started slowing down in 2024.
—Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 May 2025
Barbara Henry, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 May 2025
Newsom’s housing proposal looks to force permit deadlines on the Coastal Commission, allow housing development projects over $100 million to use CEQA streamlining usually available to smaller projects, and create a fund, paid for by developers, to finance affordable housing near public transit.
—Sandra McDonald, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2025
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Verb
If time permits, disconnect utilities and appliances.
—Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 14 May 2025
While prices have been falling steadily for two years now, annual permitting activity in the city, which exploded between 2019 and 2022, already started slowing down in 2024.
—Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 May 2025
Noun
Plans to purchase computer software and shift to a license-plate reading system for enforcing the city’s permit parking zones — estimated to cost $80,000 — received support from the mayor and Councilmembers Jim O’Hara, Marco San Antonio and Luke Shaffer.
—Barbara Henry, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 May 2025
Newsom’s housing proposal looks to force permit deadlines on the Coastal Commission, allow housing development projects over $100 million to use CEQA streamlining usually available to smaller projects, and create a fund, paid for by developers, to finance affordable housing near public transit.
—Sandra McDonald, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2025
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“Permit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/permit. Accessed 29 May. 2025.
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permit
noun
per·mit
ˈpər-ˌmit, pər-ˈmit 
: a written warrant or license granted by one having authority
a building permit
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