Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to permit
Participle: permitted
Gerund: permitting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | permit |
| you | permit |
| he;she;it | permits |
| we | permit |
| you | permit |
| they | permit |
Perfect
| I | have permitted |
| you | have permitted |
| he;she;it | has permitted |
| we | have permitted |
| you | have permitted |
| they | have permitted |
Past
| I | permitted |
| you | permitted |
| he;she;it | permitted |
| we | permitted |
| you | permitted |
| they | permitted |
Pluperfect
| I | had permitted |
| you | had permitted |
| he;she;it | had permitted |
| we | had permitted |
| you | had permitted |
| they | had permitted |
Future
| I | will permit |
| you | will permit |
| he;she;it | will permit |
| we | will permit |
| you | will permit |
| they | will permit |
Future Perfect
| I | will have permitted |
| you | will have permitted |
| he;she;it | will have permitted |
| we | will have permitted |
| you | will have permitted |
| they | will have permitted |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | permit |
| you | permit |
| he;she;it | permit |
| we | permit |
| you | permit |
| they | permit |
Perfect
| I | have permitted |
| you | have permitted |
| he;she;it | have permitted |
| we | have permitted |
| you | have permitted |
| they | have permitted |
Imperfect
| I | permitted |
| you | permitted |
| he;she;it | permitted |
| we | permitted |
| you | permitted |
| they | permitted |
Pluperfect
| I | had permitted |
| you | had permitted |
| he;she;it | had permitted |
| we | had permitted |
| you | had permitted |
| they | had permitted |
Conditional
Present
| I | would permit |
| you | would permit |
| he;she;it | would permit |
| we | would permit |
| you | would permit |
| they | would permit |
Perfect
| I | would have permitted |
| you | would have permitted |
| he;she;it | would have permitted |
| we | would have permitted |
| you | would have permitted |
| they | would have permitted |
Imperative
| you | permit |
| we | Let's permit |
| you | permit |
Verbs conjugated like 'permit'
abet,
abhor,
abut,
acquit,
admit,
affrap,
allot,
alum,
amel,
amit,
anagram,
anvil,
apparel,
aret,
arret,
assot,
astun,
attrap,
augur,
avel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'permit'
permix,
demit,
emit,
merit,
peract,
perempt,
perfix,
peril,
perm,
permiss,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- approve
- go-ahead, greenlight
- allow
- indulge, sanction, empower, authorize, endure, license, let
Antonyms
- to forbid, disallow, or proscribe
- admit, allow, approve, authorize, consent, let, ratify, suffer, prohibit, tolerate, warrant
- allow
- disallow, forbid, prohibit, disapprove
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English permitten, borrowed from Middle French permettre, from Latin permittō (“give up, allow”), from per (“through”) + mittō (“send”). See: Latin '
permittō'.
Verbs referencing "permit"
Ido permisar.
Sample Sentences
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[...] have been made from time to time to the American ambassadors at foreign courts by the various potentates to whom they were the accredited agents of the Republic; gifts which by the law they are not permitted to retain. I confess that I looked upon this as a very painful exhibition, and one by no means flattering to the national standard of honesty and honour. That can scarcely be a high state of moral [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] again their Sundays for their own use, many would gather together to hear from him of Jesus. They would gladly have met to hear, and pray, and sing, in some place, together; but Legree would not permit it, and more than once broke up such attempts, with oaths and brutal execrations,—so that the blessed news had to circulate from individual to individual. Yet who can speak the simple joy with which [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)