permitted

American  

[per-mit-id] / pərˈmɪt ɪd /

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.

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verb

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

Other Word Forms

• nonpermitted adjective
• permittedly adverb
• unpermitted adjective

Etymology

Origin of permitted

permit ¹ ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

And Olka had managed to get herself a job as a courier at the Eagle Pharmacy, the sole Polish-owned business that was permitted to stay open within the ghetto walls.

From Literature

And it has permitted India especially to repeatedly block the adoption of plurilateral trade agreements into the WTO framework.

From Barron's

Miran will continue to serve on the Fed until a replacement is confirmed, an action permitted under the Federal Reserve Act.

From Barron's

The distinction between permitted and forbidden means is the core of the rule of law.

From The Wall Street Journal

Palestinians reunite with their loved ones as they arrive at Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis, after Israel permitted a limited reopening of the Rafah border crossing.

From Barron's

Related Words

• acceptable
• allowable
• allowed
• approved
• authorized
• licensed
• sanctioned