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

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

Under long‑standing arrangements, Jews may visit the compound -- which they revere as the site of the first and second Jewish temples -- but they are not permitted to pray there.

From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

Rent increases will only be permitted "where landlords deliver genuine improvements to homes, particularly upgrades that improve energy efficiency and reduce carbon emissions".

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

It was the greatest honor of his life that he was permitted to attend, though he did not know enough to know it.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

Related Words

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