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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Asylum seekers are not generally permitted to work while their claims are being processed and get an allowance of £1.42 a day to live on.
From BBC
Many people helped by Dignitas are those who have travelled to Switzerland because assisted dying is not permitted in their own countries.
From BBC
The Frenchman needs a work permit, for a start.
From BBC
In a separate vote, the conference agreed to permit members of other parties to join Your Party where they were found to "align with the party’s values".
From Barron's
Vaccination of livestock against the disease has been permitted since the summer, with vets warning then that an outbreak seemed inevitable.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
