permit
Definitions
To allow something to happen or someone to do something
允许，准许
An official document granting permission to do something
许可证，执照
Root Breakdown
Root-derivedper- (through) + mit (let go) = "to let pass through." To permit something is to let it go through rather than block it. The verb is the act of allowing; the noun is the physical token that proves you were let through — a parking permit, a work permit.
Root miss still carries 88 more wordsUsage Guide
- Stress shift: per-MIT (v., to allow) vs. PER-mit (n., the document). Same as record/record.
- Formal register: permit is more formal than "let" or "allow"; common in rules and notices (smoking is not permitted).
- Set phrase: "weather permitting" / "time permitting" = if it allows.
Example Sentences
- 1.
The school does not permit students to use phones in class.
- 2.
You need a permit to build anything on this land.
- 3.
Weather permitting, the match will go ahead.