What does PERMISSION mean?
Definitions for PERMISSION
pərˈmɪʃ ənper·mis·sion
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word PERMISSION.
Princeton's WordNet
permissionnoun
approval to do something
"he asked permission to leave"
license, permission, permitnoun
the act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization
Wiktionary
permissionnoun
authorisation; consent (especially formal consent from someone in authority)
Sire, do I have your permission to execute this traitor?
permissionnoun
The act of permitting
permissionnoun
flags or access control lists pertaining to a file that dictate who can access it, and how.
I used the "chmod" command to change the file's permission.
Etymology: From permitten, from permettre, from permittere.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Permissionnoun
Allowance; grant of liberty.
Etymology: permission, Fr. permissus, Lat.
With thy permission then, and thus forewarn’d,
The willinger I go. John Milton.You have given me your permission for this address, and encouraged me by your perusal and approbation. Dryden.
ChatGPT
permission
Permission is the authorization, consent, or allowance given to someone to do something. It refers to the act of allowing a particular action to take place or granting the right to use something, to access information, or to perform an action that is otherwise restricted or prohibited.
Webster Dictionary
Permissionnoun
the act of permitting or allowing; formal consent; authorization; leave; license or liberty granted
Wikidata
Permission
Permission, in philosophy, is the attribute of a person whose performance of a specific action, otherwise ethically wrong or dubious, would thereby involve no ethical fault. The term "permission" is more commonly used to refer to consent. Consent is the legal embodiment of the concept, in which approval is given to another party. Permissions depend on norms or institutions. Many permissions and obligations are complementary to each other, and deontic logic is a tool sometimes used in reasoning about such relationships.
Editors Contribution
permission
Authorization to do
They choose to marry and have babies as soon as possible.
Submitted by MaryC on February 15, 2020
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British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'PERMISSION' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3165
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'PERMISSION' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2746
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'PERMISSION' in Nouns Frequency: #1281
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Anagrams for PERMISSION »
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of PERMISSION in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of PERMISSION in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of PERMISSION in a Sentence
What the referendum did was gave permission to allow conversations to take place in places where it hadn't happened before: working class areas, rural areas. It allowed LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) issues to come out of the closet.
I've had the opportunity to say to women, give yourself permission to take care of yourself, you are the caretaker for everyone around you, and if you're not well, they're not going to get taken care of either. So be guilt-free, put yourself on that to-do list. Your wellbeing is great for you, and it's great for everyone you love, who loves you.
I don't hear her say anything. And I don't feel her say anything. And so I continue and I go into the area that is somewhere between permission and rejection. I am not stopped.
You have to give people permission to laugh. That's why they would always cut to the banana peel in the Laurel and Hardy movies.
But I also don't need anybody's permission to be myself and to do the sport that I love.
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- سماح, تصريح, إجازةArabic
- разрешение, позволениеBulgarian
- permís, autoritzacióCatalan, Valencian
- povoleníCzech
- tilladelseDanish
- ErlaubnisGerman
- έγκριση, άδειαGreek
- permesoEsperanto
- permisoSpanish
- اجازهPersian
- oikeudet, käyttöoikeudet, oikeus, lupaFinnish
- permissionFrench
- अनुमतिHindi
- engedélyHungarian
- izinIndonesian
- darfoIdo
- permessoItalian
- 許可Japanese
- 허가, 許可Korean
- അനുവാദംMalayalam
- toestemming, toelatingDutch
- tillatelseNorwegian
- permissãoPortuguese
- позволение, разрешениеRussian
- dovoljênjeSlovene
- rättigheter, medgivande, tillstånd, tillåtelseSwedish
- idhiniSwahili
- అనుమతిTelugu
- izin, müsaadeTurkish
- اجازتUrdu
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