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adjective

as in authorized

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verb

past tense of permit
1
as in allowed
to give permission for or to approve of the school won't permit such an activity on its grounds

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2
as in let
to give permission to you are not permitted to swim at the town pond without a season pass

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as in enabled
to make able or possible we'll have our picnic on Thursday, weather permitting

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as in tolerated
to fail to prevent (some behavior on someone's part) especially from neglect or indifference the college permits way too much drinking, in my opinion

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Recent Examples of permitted
Verb
Accessibility Up to two dogs or cats are permitted per guest room, each under 35 lbs may stay with their owners during a stay. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 July 2026 Presidents and their handlers learned how to combine official government business, which permitted the use of Air Force One, with campaign opportunities. — Peter Kastor, Fortune, 27 July 2026 That really is the issue, as the White House articulated and the NATO summit confirmed, and that is Iran cannot be permitted to have a nuclear weapon. — ABC News, 26 July 2026 Leaders must create environments where men feel permitted to be vulnerable and express their concerns without immediate judgment. — Julie Kratz, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026 Townships, squares six miles by six miles, were the basic building blocks that were organized, where topography permitted, into square or rectangular counties. — Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 26 July 2026 Kondapelli asked the board if he was permitted to allow those who had committed to stay at the Washington Avenue house before the BZA could hear his case in August. — Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 25 July 2026 Each candidate was permitted a nominating and a seconding speech. — Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 25 July 2026 New Delhi only permitted commercial companies to enter the sector in 2020; Skyroot became its first space unicorn in June. — semafor.com, 20 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for permitted
  1. authorized
  2. allowed
  3. enabled
  4. tolerated
  5. licensed
  6. endorsed
  7. acceptable
  8. certified
Adjective
  • The authorized returns announced Thursday covered nine localities that had been evacuated.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 30 July 2026
  • On Thursday, the Times reported that Musk authorized spending between $100 million and $120 million on campaign operations in at least eight states this year, including the competitive Senate races in Alaska, Iowa, Maine, Michigan and Ohio.
    — Joseph Konig, PEOPLE, 30 July 2026
Definition of authorized
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  • Nola has allowed at least one home run in 16 of 22 starts this year, including four straight and eight of his last nine.
    — Josh Shepardson, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Tolle allowed two runs, both on a homer from Teoscar Hernández, but stranded the bases loaded in an impressive second inning.
    — Jen McCaffrey, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of allowed
Verb
  • Though present, they are not enabled by default and require overriding hidden FeatureFlags, which increases user risk.
    — Ewan Spence, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
  • But a wild pitch enabled Alvarez to reach first base, and Paredes socked the first pitch of 388 feet to left for a three-run home run and a 5-1 lead.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 22 July 2026
Definition of enabled
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  • The creeping occupation of the Donbas was costing Russia tens of thousands of troops, but these losses were tolerated as the country continued to advance.
    — Alexander Gabuev, Foreign Affairs, 31 July 2026
  • In highly competitive, high-stakes industries, any lapse in presentation quality won’t be tolerated.
    — Julien Villemonteix, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
Definition of tolerated
Adjective
  • Hemp beverages reached national scale by selling outside the licensed marijuana system, the same system that taxes and constrains the legacy and social equity operators Dawson has spent years amplifying.
    — Javier Hasse, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Although consumers cannot access the private MLS directly, licensed agents can view information that is not publicly available, including showing instructions, price-change histories and other market data.
    — Luisa Yanez, Miami Herald, 31 July 2026
Definition of licensed
Adjective
  • The endorsed candidate receives direct backing from the party.
    — Alex Derosier, Twin Cities, 2 June 2026
  • Blake ran in the Democratic primary for mayor and cross-endorsed Mamdani.
    — Ross O'Keefe, The Washington Examiner, 24 Nov. 2025
Definition of endorsed
Adjective
  • There’s an acceptable, understood feeling-things-out period that takes place in the first week of training camp.
    — Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 31 July 2026
  • The concern about respectability politics is legitimate Black people have historically been expected to alter themselves to become acceptable to institutions whose standards were rarely built with them in mind.
    — Tee Wilson, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
Definition of acceptable
Adjective
  • The efforts come as vehicles have grown increasingly more complex and harder for individual owners or non-automaker certified stores to work on in the aftermarket.
    — Michael Wayland, CNBC, 27 July 2026
  • From dead cockroaches to missing certified managers, health inspectors in Missouri and Kansas found numerous violations at Kansas City-area restaurants last week.
    — Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 27 July 2026
Definition of certified

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