permission
Pronunciation: /pəˈmɪʃ.ən/
The English word “permission” has 4 meanings listed here.
noun
- authorisation; consent (especially formal consent from someone in authority)
- The act of permitting.
- Flags or access control lists pertaining to a file that dictate who can access it, and how.
verb
- To grant or obtain authorization for.
Etymology
From Middle English permision, permission, permissioun, permyssion, from Middle French permission, from Latin permissiō. Equivalent to permit + -ion. Mostly replaced native English leave, from Old English lēaf (“permission”).
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More English words
- permissibility
- permissible
- permissibleness
- permissibly
- permission slip
- permission structure
- permissioned
- permissioning
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