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

Each astronaut is permitted two flavored beverages a day, including coffee.

From The Wall Street Journal

Some churches around the Anglican world have long permitted women bishops, with the first appointed in the United States in 1989.

From Barron's

DOJ officials have said they have released all of their files other than certain items permitted to be exempt.

From BBC

Beyond the vibrations, Honda's power-unit is down on power from both the internal combustion engine and electrical system, which can neither recover nor deploy energy at the full permitted 350kW rate.

From BBC

Jurors heard she was permitted to hold her son's hand when his life support was withdrawn, and was heard to say: "I should have protected you."

From BBC

Related Words

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