permitted

[per-mit-id]

adjective

1. allowed or tolerated.

   One lettuce contained a gene-mutating compound at over sixty times the permitted level.

2. given permission to do something; authorized.

   Some of the user-uploaded data should only be accessible to a permitted group of users.

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of permit.

Other Word Forms

• permittedly adverb
• nonpermitted adjective
• unpermitted adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of permitted¹

permit ¹ ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

It means swimming is not permitted at Downhill and Portstewart beaches.

From BBC

Thousands of Palestinian families have continued to flee south along the coastal al-Rashid road, the only route currently permitted by the Israeli military.

From BBC

Some food items, such as peanut butter, have now been classified as "luxuries" which are no longer permitted, so that large amounts of aid already procured remain stuck outside Gaza.

From BBC

He claims he sought legal advice which informed him he was permitted to take the unilateral decision to sack the former chief content officer for gross misconduct.

From BBC

“We want to be fully permitted and ready to go, so when the industry does emerge, we’re in line, we’re there.”

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• acceptable 
• allowable 
• allowed 
• approved www.thesaurus.com
• authorized 
• licensed www.thesaurus.com
• sanctioned