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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
Turnover orders may require a debtor to transfer certain property interests where permitted by law. — Caroline Farah Lembck, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026 He was only permitted to attend DR Congo’s match in Guadalajara, Mexico. — Olivier Lafontant, Pitchfork, 20 July 2026 Fans were encouraged to arrive three hours before the first pitch and only pocket-sized personal items were allowed to be brought in, with no storage permitted. — Adam Crafton, New York Times, 20 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 Woodrow Wilson, having suffered a debilitating stroke in 1919, refused to yield the presidency while his wife and physician quietly hid his condition from the country, deciding on his behalf what the nation would be permitted to know. — Michael Sonnenfeldt, Fortune, 19 July 2026 The first run and baserunner Yamamoto permitted came on a fourth-inning homer from Trent Grisham. — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 19 July 2026 Falling for upfront fees Under federal rules, legitimate debt relief companies aren't permitted to charge settlement fees upfront before actually settling a debt. — Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 13 July 2026 The detainees were not permitted to leave their unit, even for recreation. — Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 13 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
  • Only authorized people, usually law-enforcement officers, can pull DAVID records, and there needs to be an official reason to do so.
    — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 18 July 2026
  • In the eastern Indian Ocean, south of Java in the vast sea stretching toward Australia, a fishing vessel slightly alters its course while operating near the boundary of its authorized fishing ground.
    — IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 16 July 2026
Definition of authorized
Verb
  • In what was a relatively uncharacteristic ending for this Spain team – perhaps seeing the finish line so close – the squad allowed Argentina a few last chances, two of which couldn’t have been closer in the final eight minutes or so of the match.
    — Patrick Sung Cuadrado, CNN Money, 20 July 2026
  • This spring, residents were allowed to return to the ruins of the complex, Wang Fuk Court.
    — New York Times, New York Times, 20 July 2026
Definition of allowed
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  • Aramco’s East-West pipeline and its investments in storage facilities around the world enabled it to take advantage of higher crude prices.
    — Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 14 July 2026
  • Three-dimensional adjustments of the lattice dimensions enabled precise tuning of localized thermal conductivity.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 14 July 2026
Definition of enabled
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  • This government has tolerated and facilitated settler violence against Palestinians.
    — Thomas Wright, The Atlantic, 16 July 2026
  • Not to mention that it would never be tolerated were the story from a different culture.
    — Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 13 July 2026
Definition of tolerated
Adjective
  • Pretoria’s requirement that 30% of any licence holder be owned by Black South Africans does not apply to Amazon because Herotel is the licensed operator.
    — Tiisetso Motsoeneng, semafor.com, 17 July 2026
  • Between 2019 and 2022, the number of licensed mudlarks in London more than doubled, to five thousand.
    — Sam Knight, New Yorker, 17 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
  • These boundaries may include cultural standards, ethical expectations, customer commitments or behaviors that are never acceptable, regardless of the potential reward.
    — Nadia AlShomali, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
  • Iacullo Law since 2024 Istituto Marangoni In the 2026 session, the Legislature passed HB 991, an elections bill that requires strict proof of citizenship to vote and reduces the forms of photo ID that are acceptable at the polls.
    — Stephen V. Iacullo, Sun Sentinel, 16 July 2026
Definition of acceptable
Adjective
  • Ecosystem players should function as force multipliers so that speed can translate into certified, scalable output, not just faster prototypes.
    — Jean-Louis Rassineux, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
  • After returning to Oregon, Phelps and other certified Airmen trained the rest of the weapons team ahead of the Mountain Home mission.
    — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 18 July 2026
Definition of certified

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