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

However, in the meantime, a small number of LIV-affiliated players have been permitted to return to compete in select DP World Tour and PGA Tour events under certain circumstances.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

In 2021, when Talon won his second and last term permitted under the constitution, he kept Wadagni at the finance ministry, promoting him to minister of state.

From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026

It was whether federal courts, hemmed in by the modern law of habeas corpus, are permitted to say anything meaningful about that possibility at all.

From Slate • Apr. 10, 2026

On-site fans, or patrons as they are called, are not permitted to have mobile phones.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

None of the oarsmen, for example, was permitted on the ledge to witness the exchange of fire.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

Related Words

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