permission (pəˈmɪʃən
)
Definitions
noun
- authorization to do something
Synonyms
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authorization,
sanction,
licence,
approval,
leave,
freedom,
permit,
go-ahead,
liberty,
consent,
allowance,
tolerance,
green light,
assent,
dispensation,
carte blanche,
blank cheque,
sufferance,
Translations
- British English:
permission
If you give someone permissionto do something, you tell them that they can do it.He asked permission to leave the room.pəˈmɪʃən NOUN He asked permission to leave the room.
- Spanish:
permiso
nm
- French:
permission
nf
- German:
Erlaubnis
nf
- Chinese: 许可 n
- Arabic: إِذْنٌ n
- Portuguese: autorização nf
- Russian: разрешение nnt
- Croatian: dozvola nf
- Czech: souhlas nm
- Danish: tilladelse nutr
- Dutch: toestemming nf
- Finnish: lupa n
- Greek: συγκατάθεση nf
- Italian: permesso nm
- Japanese: 許可 n
- Korean: 허락 n
- Norwegian: tillatelse nm
- Polish: pozwolenie nnt
- Brazilian Portuguese: permissão nf
- European Spanish:
permiso
nm
- Swedish: tillstånd nnt
- Thai: การอนุญาต n
- Turkish: izin n
- Vietnamese: sự cho phép n
Usage examples
My location manager will ask the authorities for permission to use the real thing.
, A Song at Twilight (1989)Country people are not going to be allowed to ride to hounds across the fields with the permission of the landowner.
Country Life (2004)- Reprinted with permission from the New York Review of Books.
Irish Times (2002)However Hanssen cannot write or co-author any book, article, film, or documentary, or give interviews, without FBI permission.
Glasgow Herald (2001)Here you can play out your sub-personalities, you can give yourself permission to explore your many selves.
, MOVING INTO ECSTASY: An Urban Mystic's Guide to Movement, Music and Meditation (2001)