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permitted

[ per-mit-id ]
/ pərˈmɪt ɪd /
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adjective
allowed or tolerated: One lettuce contained a gene-mutating compound at over sixty times the permitted level.
given permission to do something; authorized: Some of the user-uploaded data should only be accessible to a permitted group of users.
verb
the simple past tense and past participle of permit1.
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Origin of permitted

permit1 + -ed2

OTHER WORDS FROM permitted

per·mit·ted·ly, adverbnon·per·mit·ted, adjectiveun·per·mit·ted, adjective
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Words related to permitted

acceptable, allowable, allowed, approved, authorized, licensed, sanctioned, accorded, chartered, conceded, consented, favored, legalized, let, okay, tolerated
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