permitted
- 1Simple past and past participle of permit.
The guard permitted us to enter the building after checking our badges.
Smoking has never been permitted in the hospital wards.
Note
The form that carries both the past and the passive: the guard permitted us, and we were permitted to enter. In the passive, the person given leave becomes the subject and the to-infinitive stays. Archibald Marshall's dancers in 1909 explored "wherever they were permitted to explore." With of, the verb means "admitted of" instead: the plan permitted of no delay. Note the doubled t in the spelling.
- 2Allowed or officially authorized.
The contract lists every permitted use of the rented property.
Cyclists must remain within the permitted lanes throughout the race.
Similarallowed, authorized, approved, permissible, designated
Oppositeforbidden, prohibited, banned
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permitted is a form of permit
permit, verb: To allow something to take place, or to give one's consent to it. Full entry
- Forms
- permitpermits he/she/itpermitting -ing formpermitted past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- permit → permitted: double the t, add -ed
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /ɪd/, an extra syllable.
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