Intermediate 📚 Vocabulary · #234 of 1319

permit (v.)

to allow

Examples

  • Smoking is not permitted.

Key rules

  • Permit means allow
  • Permit someone to do something
  • Permit is also a noun: a permit

Common mistakes

  • Smoking is not permitted to here → Smoking is not permitted here
  • They permitted me go → They permitted me to go

Use cases

  • Rules and regulations
  • Parking
  • Official approval
💡 Tip: Permission is the noun; permit is also a document.
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