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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Gazans returning to the enclave are permitted to bring two suitcases without metals or electronics, according to instructions posted by the Palestinian embassy in Egypt.
"They give you a work permit, but it doesn't allow you to stay in this country legally. How is that possible?"
From Barron's
Entry and exit "will be permitted in coordination with Egypt, following prior security clearance of individuals by Israel, and under the supervision of the European Union mission", it added.
From Barron's
Applications for permits to carry guns, which in Minnesota allows one to carry a gun openly or concealed, nearly tripled.
Federal authorities said Gálvez is an immigrant from Mexico in the U.S. illegally, having entered more than a decade ago and staying beyond the time permitted in his visa.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
