{
    "term": "permit",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "permit",
            "heSheIt": "permits"
        },
        "pastSimple": "permitted",
        "pastParticiple": "permitted",
        "ingForm": "permitting"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to allow somebody to do something or to allow something to happen",
            "sensetop": "be permittedbe permitted somethingbe permitted to do somethingpermit somethingpermit somebody/yourself somethingpermit somebody/yourself to do something",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Mobile phones are not permitted in the examination room.",
                    "contextForm": "be permitted"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We were not permitted any contact with each other.",
                    "contextForm": "be permitted something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Visitors are not permitted to take photographs.",
                    "contextForm": "be permitted to do something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The owners have been unwilling to permit the use of their land.",
                    "contextForm": "permit something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "There are fines for exceeding permitted levels of noise pollution."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Jim permitted himself a wry smile.",
                    "contextForm": "permit somebody/yourself something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The bill was designed to permit new fathers to take time off work.",
                    "contextForm": "permit somebody/yourself to do something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She would not permit herself to look at them."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Permit me to offer you some advice."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Development is not normally permitted in conservation areas."
                },
                {
                    "text": "A new constitution permitted the formation of political parties."
                },
                {
                    "text": "People are breathing in more than five times the permitted level of pollutants."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Permit me to make a suggestion."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The banks were not permitted to invest overseas."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The rules of the club do not permit it."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They were permitted to stay in the country on humanitarian grounds."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Permission and obligation"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["legally", "generally", "normally"],
                "verb + permit": ["refuse to", "be designed to"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to make something possible",
            "sensetop": "permit somethingpermit somebody/something to do something",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "We hope to visit the cathedral, if time permits."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I'll come tomorrow, **weather permitting** *(= if the weather is fine)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The password permits access to all files on the hard disk.",
                    "contextForm": "permit something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The length of the report does not permit a detailed discussion of the problems."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Cash machines permit you to withdraw money at any time.",
                    "contextForm": "permit somebody/something to do something"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["legally", "generally", "normally"],
                "verb + permit": ["refuse to", "be designed to"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/pəˈmɪt/",
                "audio": "pe/permit/permit__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/pəˈmɪts/",
                "audio": "pe/permit/permits__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/pəˈmɪtɪd/",
                "audio": "pe/permit/permitted__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/pəˈmɪtɪŋ/",
                "audio": "pe/permit/permitting__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/pərˈmɪt/",
                "audio": "pe/permit/permit__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/pərˈmɪts/",
                "audio": "pe/permit/permits__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/pərˈmɪtɪd/",
                "audio": "pe/permit/permitted__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/pərˈmɪtɪŋ/",
                "audio": "pe/permit/permitting__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English (originally in the sense ‘commit, hand over’): from Latin permittere, from per- ‘through’ + mittere ‘send, let go’."
}