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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Fermi filed a Clean Air Permit Application for an additional 5 gigawatts of power with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality earlier this month.
From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026
Permit breaches should be reported to the Environment Agency, but United Utilities failed to do this for most of the discharges identified by the BBC between the start of 2021 and the end of 2023.
From BBC • Oct. 17, 2024
VinFast last month was awarded an Air Permit from local authorities to start construction.
From Reuters • Mar. 10, 2023
“There is no guarantee that an application for a Special Activities Permit will be approved,” wrote Neilson, in the second letter.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 15, 2023
"I understand that you are to be married soon. Permit me to tender my congratulations."
From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman
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