Permit
verb
To allow or let something happen.
My parents permit me to go to the movies on weekends.
Often appears as...
- permit me to
- permit access
noun
An official document that allows you to do something.
You need a special permit to park here.
Often appears as...
- parking permit
- building permit
verb
To make possible.
The boss's absence permit us to leave early.
Often appears as...
- permit changes
- permit progress
verb
To allow or let something happen.
My parents permit me to go to the movies on weekends.
Often appears as...
- permit me to
- permit access
noun
An official document that allows you to do something.
You need a special permit to park here.
Often appears as...
- parking permit
- building permit
verb
To make possible.
The boss's absence permit us to leave early.
Often appears as...
- permit changes
- permit progress
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Permission Levels
The level of permission can vary, from limited circumstances to general approval.
They permit swimming here, but not diving.
Pro Tip 2/3Permission Source
Permission is often granted by someone in authority, like parents or officials.
Does the teacher permit talking during work time?
Pro Tip 3/3Conditional Terms
A permit can have conditions that specify when the action is allowed.
You can go out if you finish your homework.
Pro Tip 1/3Permission Levels
The level of permission can vary, from limited circumstances to general approval.
They permit swimming here, but not diving.
Pro Tip 2/3Permission Source
Permission is often granted by someone in authority, like parents or officials.
Does the teacher permit talking during work time?
Pro Tip 3/3Conditional Terms
A permit can have conditions that specify when the action is allowed.
You can go out if you finish your homework.
Pro Tip 1/3Permission Levels
The level of permission can vary, from limited circumstances to general approval.
They permit swimming here, but not diving.
Pro Tip 2/3Permission Source
Permission is often granted by someone in authority, like parents or officials.
Does the teacher permit talking during work time?
Pro Tip 3/3Conditional Terms
A permit can have conditions that specify when the action is allowed.
You can go out if you finish your homework.
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Aphasia: The disorder...
Our brain's ability to repair itself, known as brain plasticity, permits areas surrounding a brain lesion to take over some functions during the recovery process. Scientists have been conducting experiments using new forms of technology, which they believe may encourage brain plasticity in people with aphasia.
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Will we ever be able to...
we're not permitted to fully read without destroying it? The answer can be found in the strange phenomena of quantum entanglement. Entanglement is an old mystery from the early days of quantum physics and it's still not entirely understood. Entangling the spin of two electrons results in an influence
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What if waste did not...
the wrong place permit is not belong in the atmosphere of the oceans the blogs and soil biota belongs in us we want water quality we've designed factories where water comes out cleaner in the water going in its drinking water we want social responsibility and we want
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What does it mean to be...
They're increasingly obliged to rebuild their lives in the face of xenophobia and racism. And all too often, they aren't permitted to enter the work force and are fully dependent on humanitarian aid. In addition, far too many refugee children are out of school
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Craig Venter: On the...
Can chemistry permit making these really large molecules where we've never been before? And if we do, can we boot up a chromosome? A chromosome, by the way, is just a piece of inert chemical material. So, our pace of digitizing life has been increasing
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Where are all the...
We ended up with a large moon and that permitted Earth to have both a stable axial tilt and a slow rotation rate. Both factors influence climate and the suggestion is that they've helped moderate climate change. Great for us, right?
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Troublesome Trespassers...
weapons permit they basically went through the external area the fenceline which is actually has cuts in it and then trespass through the wildlife area make sure all the weapons are registered ones that are more serious in nature
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The myth of Zeus' test -...
be permitted to care for the new temple. And he asked if, when their time came, they could die together, so neither would have to face life without the other. Tending to the temple and one another, they lived many more years.
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How trees talk to each...
But I was legally permitted. Oh, and I forgot some stuff, important the bug spray, the bear spray, the filters for my respirator. Oh well. The first day of the experiment, we got out to our plot
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Zoo Quest For A Dragon...
in the end bureaucracy defeated us and we weren't given a permit to export those dragons from indonesia so i'm afraid they're still there that was the end of our zoo quest
Video examples
Aphasia: The disorder...
Our brain's ability to repair itself, known as brain plasticity, permits areas surrounding a brain lesion to take over some functions during the recovery process. Scientists have been conducting experiments using new forms of technology, which they believe may encourage brain plasticity in people with aphasia.
Video examples
Will we ever be able to...
we're not permitted to fully read without destroying it? The answer can be found in the strange phenomena of quantum entanglement. Entanglement is an old mystery from the early days of quantum physics and it's still not entirely understood. Entangling the spin of two electrons results in an influence
Video examples
What if waste did not...
the wrong place permit is not belong in the atmosphere of the oceans the blogs and soil biota belongs in us we want water quality we've designed factories where water comes out cleaner in the water going in its drinking water we want social responsibility and we want
Video examples
What does it mean to be...
They're increasingly obliged to rebuild their lives in the face of xenophobia and racism. And all too often, they aren't permitted to enter the work force and are fully dependent on humanitarian aid. In addition, far too many refugee children are out of school
Video examples
Craig Venter: On the...
Can chemistry permit making these really large molecules where we've never been before? And if we do, can we boot up a chromosome? A chromosome, by the way, is just a piece of inert chemical material. So, our pace of digitizing life has been increasing
Video examples
Where are all the...
We ended up with a large moon and that permitted Earth to have both a stable axial tilt and a slow rotation rate. Both factors influence climate and the suggestion is that they've helped moderate climate change. Great for us, right?
Video examples
Troublesome Trespassers...
weapons permit they basically went through the external area the fenceline which is actually has cuts in it and then trespass through the wildlife area make sure all the weapons are registered ones that are more serious in nature
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The myth of Zeus' test -...
be permitted to care for the new temple. And he asked if, when their time came, they could die together, so neither would have to face life without the other. Tending to the temple and one another, they lived many more years.
Video examples
How trees talk to each...
But I was legally permitted. Oh, and I forgot some stuff, important the bug spray, the bear spray, the filters for my respirator. Oh well. The first day of the experiment, we got out to our plot
Video examples
Zoo Quest For A Dragon...
in the end bureaucracy defeated us and we weren't given a permit to export those dragons from indonesia so i'm afraid they're still there that was the end of our zoo quest
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Joyce Meyer
American Author
I'm just telling you, God permits things in our lives sometimes for reasons that we do not understand yet because of the spiritual level that we're on. We can't have any understanding of it, because we're not at a place of spiritual growth yet where we understand the deeper things of God.
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Sonia Sotomayor
American Judge
Being a justice. If you love law the way I do... you're given the job of a lifetime... you're permitted to address the most important legal questions of the country, and sometimes the world. And in doing so, you make a difference in people's lives.
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Carl Sagan
American Scientist
Personally, I would be delighted if there were a life after death, especially if it permitted me to continue to learn about this world and others, if it gave me a chance to discover how history turns out.
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Nicolaus Copernicus
Polish Scientist
I am aware that a philosopher's ideas are not subject to the judgment of ordinary persons, because it is his endeavour to seek the truth in all things, to the extent permitted to human reason by God.
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Calvin Coolidge
American President
If I had permitted my failures, or what seemed to me at the time a lack of success, to discourage me I cannot see any way in which I would ever have made progress.
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Albert Einstein
German Physicist
The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives.
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Thomas Jefferson
American President
Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it.
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Friedrich Nietzsche
German Philosopher
There is not enough love and goodness in the world to permit giving any of it away to imaginary beings.
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Medgar Evers
American Activist
I was born in Decatur, was raised there, but I never in my life was permitted to vote there.
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Mahatma Gandhi
Indian Leader
The pursuit of truth does not permit violence on one's opponent.
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Joyce Meyer
American Author
I'm just telling you, God permits things in our lives sometimes for reasons that we do not understand yet because of the spiritual level that we're on. We can't have any understanding of it, because we're not at a place of spiritual growth yet where we understand the deeper things of God.
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Sonia Sotomayor
American Judge
Being a justice. If you love law the way I do... you're given the job of a lifetime... you're permitted to address the most important legal questions of the country, and sometimes the world. And in doing so, you make a difference in people's lives.
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Carl Sagan
American Scientist
Personally, I would be delighted if there were a life after death, especially if it permitted me to continue to learn about this world and others, if it gave me a chance to discover how history turns out.
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Nicolaus Copernicus
Polish Scientist
I am aware that a philosopher's ideas are not subject to the judgment of ordinary persons, because it is his endeavour to seek the truth in all things, to the extent permitted to human reason by God.
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Calvin Coolidge
American President
If I had permitted my failures, or what seemed to me at the time a lack of success, to discourage me I cannot see any way in which I would ever have made progress.
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Albert Einstein
German Physicist
The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives.
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Thomas Jefferson
American President
Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it.
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Friedrich Nietzsche
German Philosopher
There is not enough love and goodness in the world to permit giving any of it away to imaginary beings.
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Medgar Evers
American Activist
I was born in Decatur, was raised there, but I never in my life was permitted to vote there.
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Mahatma Gandhi
Indian Leader
The pursuit of truth does not permit violence on one's opponent.
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