permit
Usage
What are other ways to say permit?
Both verbs that imply granting or conceding the right of someone to do something, permit and allow are often interchangeable, but permit is the more positive of the two. Permit suggests formal or implied assent or authorization. Allow implies complete absence of an attempt, or even an intent, to hinder. Let is the familiar, conversational term for both allow and permit.
Example Sentences
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Yet data on residence permits, foreign home purchases, student enrollments and other metrics from more than 50 countries show that Americans are voting with their feet to an unprecedented degree.
The World Cup stadium code of conduct states ticket holders are only permitted to bring certain types of bags into stadiums.
From BBC
Until now, the festivals had operated under permitted development rights, which allow certain temporary events without formal planning permission.
From BBC
Banks are permitted to open accounts for noncitizens in the U.S.
The city apologized for incorrectly saying a permit was needed but it stood by the shutdown.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
