permitted 1 of 2

adjective

Definition of permittednext
as in okay

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permitted

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verb

past tense of permit
1
as in allowed
to give permission for or to approve of the school won't permit such an activity on its grounds

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as in let
to give permission to you are not permitted to swim at the town pond without a season pass

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as in enabled
to make able or possible we'll have our picnic on Thursday, weather permitting

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as in tolerated
to fail to prevent (some behavior on someone's part) especially from neglect or indifference the college permits way too much drinking, in my opinion

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for permitted
  1. allowed
  2. let
  3. enabled
  4. tolerated
  5. authorized
  6. licensed
  7. acceptable
  8. certified
Verb
  • In 592 snaps, Smith committed six penalties and allowed five sacks in 10 games.
    Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Retail and on-farm sales are allowed.
    Jan Ellen Spiegel, Hartford Courant, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of allowed
Verb
  • Strong growth in productivity - or output per worker - should let companies give large raises without passing the higher costs to consumers through price increases, Oxford Economics said.
    Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 16 Dec. 2024
  • Livia Gershon December 6, 2017 Can schools let students and teachers celebrate religions holidays without violating the First Amendment’s Establishment Clause?
    The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 16 Dec. 2024
Definition of let
Verb
  • Ten days on the training pitches with a clutch of friendly games enabled Nuno to get across his ideas and to forge an ‘us against the world’ mentality.
    Paul Taylor, The Athletic, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Automated and enabled by AI, criminal hackers will continue to extort victims at a startling rate in 2025.
    Chuck Brooks, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of enabled
Verb
  • For decades, the leaders of both parties had tolerated mind-boggling levels of corruption, waste, and administrative bloat, enabling a culture of profligacy that subsidized the federal bureaucracy and crony capitalists at the expense of hard-working American taxpayers.
    Michael Glassner and John Pence, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Performative efforts from businesses will no longer be tolerated and walking the talk will become non-negotiable.
    Paul Klein, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
Definition of tolerated
Adjective
  • The Office of Medical Cannabis offers an authorized practitioner directory on its website where potential medical card applicants can search for a certified doctor by city, county, zip code or specialty.
    Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Congo’s health ministry has issued a public statement instructing people not to handle the remains of anyone who died after experiencing flu-like symptoms without the involvement of authorized health authorities.
    Aria Bendix, NBC News, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of authorized
Adjective
  • The site connects users with licensed practitioners in TrueMed’s network who can write letters of medical necessity for items such as exercise bikes, supplements and cold plunge pools.
    Judy Lagrou, CNBC, 26 Dec. 2024
  • Bourbon distilleries continue to crop up all over the state, the Kentucky Distillers Association announced in mid-November, and the state is now home to 115 licensed distilling locations in 40 Kentucky counties.
    Gege Reed, The Enquirer, 26 Dec. 2024
Definition of licensed
Adjective
  • The number of students who report that shouting down a speaker to stop a campus speech, blocking other students from attending a campus speech, and using violence to stop a campus speech is acceptable in some form has risen incrementally since 2022.
    Angele Latham, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
  • There are also gender-role stereotypes that impact people's understanding of how they are 'allowed' or expected to grieve and show emotion, based on what has been deemed 'acceptable' in society.
    David Oliver, USA TODAY, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of acceptable
Adjective
  • The Office of Medical Cannabis offers an authorized practitioner directory on its website where potential medical card applicants can search for a certified doctor by city, county, zip code or specialty.
    Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 20 Dec. 2024
  • This week, Browns Canyon National Monument became a certified International Dark Sky Park, a designation that recognizes its clear, inky-black skies and lack of light pollution.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of certified
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