permitted

[per-mit-id]

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.

verb

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

Other Word Forms

• permittedly adverb
• nonpermitted adjective
• unpermitted adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of permitted¹

permit ¹ ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

The development of new pastes advanced the formation and integration of sculpture; and “paste on paste” permitted the use of incised bas-reliefs.

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If state legislatures had been permitted to wrangle over abortion, Americans would have been obliged to argue with each other like grown-ups about its moral import and practical effects.

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Procedures such as the repair of split ear lobes, fixing simple snoring and the reversal of male and female sterilisation are not permitted.

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The justice was not happy when Stevenson said a therapist is permitted to help a client “cope with their feelings,” but that telling the kid he could un-gay his thoughts was banned.

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E-bikes with pedals are also permitted and hard-shelled helmets are required for all bikers.

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Related Words

• acceptable 
• allowable 
• allowed 
• approved www.thesaurus.com
• authorized 
• licensed www.thesaurus.com
• sanctioned