permission

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English

Alternative forms

• permistion, permixtion (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English permision, permission, permissioun, permyssion, from Middle French permission, from Latin permissiō. Mostly replaced native English leave, from Old English lēaf (“permission”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: pərmĭ'shən, IPA^(key): /pəˈmɪʃən/
• (General American) enPR: pərmĭ'shən, IPA^(key): /pɚˈmɪʃən/
• Rhymes: -ɪʃən
• Hyphenation: per‧mis‧sion

Noun

permission (countable and uncountable, plural permissions)

1. authorisation; consent (especially formal consent from someone in authority)

2. The act of permitting.
3. (computing) Flags or access control lists pertaining to a file that dictate who can access it, and how.

Antonyms

• prohibition

Derived terms

Related terms

• permit

Translations

Verb

permission (third-person singular simple present permissions, present participle permissioning, simple past and past participle permissioned)

1. (transitive) To grant or obtain authorization for.

See also

• clearance

Further reading

• File system permissions on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• impression

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin permissiōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛʁ.mi.sjɔ̃/

Noun

permission f (plural permissions)

1. permission
2. military leave

   Ces soldats sont en permission, s’en vont en permission, reviennent de permission.

Related terms

• permettre

Further reading

• “permission”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.