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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The co-conspirator obtained an export permit from the U.S.
From Los Angeles Times • May 16, 2026
Scientists have long noticed that underwater earthquakes along these faults often remain smaller than geological conditions might otherwise permit, as though some natural mechanism limits their maximum size.
From Science Daily • May 16, 2026
Cuba “doesn’t support, doesn’t finance or permit terrorist or extremist organizations,” the government said.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026
Constellation Energy received up to $17.3 million for a New York site permit, targeting 1 gigawatt of new nuclear capacity.
From Barron's • May 14, 2026
The legal guidelines that might permit a clear answer to that question had not yet congealed.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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