permission

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UK /pəˈmɪʃ.ən/ US /pəɹˈmɪʃ.ən/

noun 3verb 1

Collocations

(noun.)

ADJ

full | special

express

The teacher gave express permission for the students to leave class early that day.

formal, government, official | written

necessary

You need the necessary permission from your landlord before making any changes to the apartment.

prior

You need to get prior permission from your landlord before painting the walls.

planning

We had to get planning permission from the council before we could build the extension.

VERB + PERMISSION

PREP

with/without sb's ~

She borrowed her sister's clothes without permission and got in trouble.

~ for

My parents gave me permission for a sleepover at my friend's house last weekend.

~ to

The teacher gave us permission to leave early on Friday afternoon.

PHRASES

by (kind) permission of sb

We are sharing these family photos by kind permission of the original photographer.

Definitions

noun

authorisation; consent (especially formal consent from someone in authority)

Sire, do I have your permission to execute this traitor?

The act of permitting.

Flags or access control lists pertaining to a file that dictate who can access it, and how.

I used the "chmod" command to change the file's permission.

verb

To grant or obtain authorization for.

Photographs also must be permissioned and credited, although a corpus of copyright-free images does exist online.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — the act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

it's better to ask forgiveness than permission

It is better to act decisively and apologize for it later than to seek approval to act and risk delay, objections, etc.

it's easier to ask forgiveness than to get permission

Alternative form of it's better to ask forgiveness than permission.

Example Bank

Sire, do I have your permission to execute this traitor?

Wiktionary

I used the "chmod" command to change the file's permission.

Wiktionary

Photographs also must be permissioned and credited, although a corpus of copyright-free images does exist online.

Wiktionary

You ought to ask for your teacher's permission.

Tatoeba · #15948

Thank you for granting your permission.

Tatoeba · #19382

Please refrain from speaking without permission.

Tatoeba · #19383

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