PERMITTED (OF) Synonyms: 21 Similar and Opposite Words

permitted (of)

verb

past tense of permit (of)

as in allowed (of)

to make possible especially to the exclusion of other possibilities the photo is too grainy to permit of anything more than a slight enlargement

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Sure, the Raiders only needed to travel 50 yards after stopping the Chiefs on fourth down at midfield.

— Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 4 Oct. 2026
Better crystals reveal the signal The researchers first needed cleaner UTe₂ crystals because PDWs are extremely delicate and impurities can obscure their signatures.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2026

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