Permit means to allow. When you permit your brother to come into your room, you let him in. ... To permit means to let someone do something. It comes from the Latin permittere which means "give up, allow to pass through." You might feel like you "gave up" when you permitted your brother to enter your room.
How do you use permitting in a sentence?
Permitting sentence example
- Weather permitting , be sure to open the house up for fresh airing. ...
- Those taking part in processions are to walk bare-headed (weather permitting ), two and two, in decent costume, and with reverent mien; clergy and laity, men and women, are to walk separately.
What does permitted mean in a sentence?
: to allow (something) to happen : to give permission for (something) : to allow (someone) to do or have something. : to make something possible.
