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Meaning of permission | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1 Frequent
pəˈmɪʃən

Definitions

  1. authorisation; consent (especially formal consent from someone in authority)
    countable, uncountable
  2. license
  3. The approving of an action, especially when done by one in authority:allowance, approbation, approval, authorization, consent, endorsement, leave, license, permit, sanction.
  4. leave (absence from work)
  5. a written order allowing a person to do something. We have a permit to export our product. permit رُخْصَه разрешение licença povolení die Genehmigung tilladelse άδειαpermiso, pase, licencia lubatäht اجازه؛ مجوز lupa permisרישיון अनूज्ञा odobrenje engedély surat izin leyfi, heimild permesso, licenza 許可証 면허장 leidimas atļauja surat kebenaran vergunningtillatelse; adgangskortzezwolenie, pozwolenie اجازه licença permis, licenţă разрешение povolenie pisno dovoljenje dozvola tillstånd, licens ใบอนุญ...
  6. Flags or access control lists pertaining to a file that dictate who can access it, and how.
    countable, uncountable
  7. excuse me, pardon
  8. a written, spoken etc agreement that someone may do something. She gave me permission to leave. toestemming سَماح، إذْن разрешение permissão svolení, souhlas die Erlaubnis tilladelse; lov til άδειαpermiso, autoización luba اجازه؛ رخصت lupa permissionרשות अनुमति, आज्ञा dopuštenje, dozvola engedély izin leyfi, heimild permesso, autorizzazione 許可 허가 leidimas atļauja kebenaran toestemming, verloftillatelse, lovpozwolenie اجازه، اذان permissão permisiune разрешение dovolenie, súhlas dovoljenje doz...
    etc
  9. first-person singular present indicative of permisar
  10. The act of permitting, especially in giving formal consent; authorization: Do they have permission to leave?
  11. An authorization to do something, as to quote from a book under copyright.
  12. authorization to do something
  13. authorization granted to do something; formal consent: to ask permission to leave the room.
  14. the act of permitting.
  15. n → Erlaubnis f; with your permission → mit Ihrer Erlaubnis, wenn Sie gestatten; without permission from somebody → ohne jds Erlaubnis; to do something with/by somebody’s permission → etw mit jds Erlaubnis tun; to get permission → eine Erlaubnis erhalten; to get somebody’s permission → jds Erlaubnis erhalten; to give permission (for something) → etw erlauben, die Erlaubnis (für etw) erteilen; to give somebody permission (to do something) &#x219...
    n
  16. to agree to (another person's action); to allow or let (someone do something). Permit me to answer your question; Smoking is not permitted. toelaat يُجيز، يَسْمَح позволявам permitir dovolit erlauben tillade επιτρέπωpermitir lubama اجازه دادن sallia permettre לְהַרשוֹת अनुमति देना dozvola (meg)enged mengizinkan leyfa permettere 許す 허가하다 leisti []ļaut membenarkan toestaantillate, gi lov tilzezwolić اجازه وركول ، اذن وركول: زغمل: منل permitir a permite разрешать dovoliť dovoliti dozvoliti tillåt...

Equivalents

Azərbaycanca icazə izin müsaidə
Bosanski leje lov lupa дозвола
Čeština povolení
Cymraeg caniatâd
Dansk lov tilladelse
Esperanto permeso
Eesti luba
Français permis permission
Galego licenza permiso
Hrvatski leje lov lupa дозвола
Bahasa Indonesia izin keizinan perkenan permisi
Íslenska leyfi
Italiano permesso
日本語 許可 認可
ქართული ნებართვა
Қазақша рұқсат
한국어 인가 허가
Kurdî îcazet izin musaade ruxsat
Македонски дозвола
Монгол зөвшөөрөл
Bahasa Melayu izin kebenaran keizinan
မြန်မာဘာသာ အခွင့်
Nederlands permissie toelating toestemming verlof
پښتو اجازه
Português permissão
Slovenčina povolenie
Slovenščina dovoljenje
Shqip leje
Српски leje lov lupa дозвола
Kiswahili idhini
தமிழ் அனுமதி
తెలుగు అనుమతి
Тоҷикӣ изн рухсат
Türkçe icazet izin müsaade ruhsat
ئۇيغۇرچە ئىجازەت رۇخسەت
Українська дозвіл
Oʻzbekcha ijozat ruxsat

Examples

“Sire, do I have your permission to execute this traitor?”
“I used the "chmod" command to change the file's permission.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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