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permission

/pəɹˈmɪʃ.ən/ verb C2
  1. To grant or obtain authorization for. (transitive)

He/she/it permissions · Past permissioned · Past participle permissioned · -ing form permissioning

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Verb forms

Base form
permission
He/she/it
permissions
Past
permissioned
Past participle
permissioned
-ing form
permissioning

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We have purchased permission to waive the usual delay; and at half-past two o’clock the Mayor of Marseilles will be waiting for us at the city hall.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 26 · C1
Had she not seen him in Derbyshire, she might have supposed him capable of coming there with no other view than what was acknowledged; but she still thought him partial to Jane, and she wavered as to the greater probability of his coming there _with_ his friend’s permission, or being bold enough to come without it.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 309 · B2
“Then, with your permission, we will leave it at that, Mr.
The Valley of Fear, p. 21 · C1
You gave permission for that, Mr.
The Valley of Fear, p. 82 · C1

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