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permission
- /pəˈmɪʃ.ən/ UK
- /pəɹˈmɪʃ.ən/ US
Rhymes with -ɪʃən
Where it comes from
From Middle English permision, permission, permissioun, permyssion, from Middle French permission, from Latin permissiō. Equivalent to permit + -ion. Mostly replaced native English leave, from Old English lēaf (“permission”).
noun permissions · permistion · permixtion
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authorisation; consent (especially formal consent from someone in authority)
Sire, do I have your permission to execute this traitor?
Similar: allowance, license, permit · Opposite: prohibition
- 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.
Similar: allowance, authority, authorization, clearance, consent, leave, license, mandate, permission, permit, warrant · Opposite: ban, forbiddance, prohibition, sanction
verb permissions · permissioning · permissioned · permistion · permixtion
- To grant or obtain authorization for. Photographs also must be permissioned and credited, although a corpus of copyright-free images does exist online.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: permit, license, authorization, grant, authorize, approve, admission, allow, permitting, approval, endorsement, authorized, warrant, permitted, allowed, permissibility
noun
Similar: allowance, authority, authorization, clearance, consent, leave, license, mandate, permission, permit, warrant · Opposite: ban, forbiddance, prohibition, sanction
Translations
Every language
noun authorisation
| Español | permiso, venia, beneplácito, permisión, impetra |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 허가 heoga, 인가 in'ga |
| 日本語 | 許可 kyoka, 認可 ninka |
| 中文 | 許可 /许可 xǔkě, 授權 /授权 shòuquán, 允許 /允许 yúnxǚ |
| हिन्दी | अनुमति anumti, स्वीकृति svīkŕti, इजाज़त ijāzat |
| Kiswahili | idhini |
| Português | permissão |
| Français | permission, permis |
| Deutsch | Erlaubnis, Gestattung, Genehmigung |
| Italiano | permesso |
| Ελληνικά | άδεια ádeia, έγκριση égkrisi |
| Română | permisiune |
| Русский | разреше́ние razrešénije, позволе́ние pozvolénije |
| Tiếng Việt | sự cho phép |
| العربية | تَصْرِيح taṣrīḥ, سَمَاح samāḥ, إِجَازَة ʔijāza, رُخْصَة ruḵṣa, رُخُصَة ruḵuṣa, إِذْن ʔiḏn |
| עברית | הֶתֵּר hetér |
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