permetre — meaning in English
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English meaning
- admit verb To allow someone or something to enter.
- afford verb To have enough money, time, or resources for something.
- allow verb To give permission for something to happen.
- let verb To allow someone or something to do a particular thing, or to happen without stopping it.
- permit verb To allow something to happen or to give someone authorization to do it.
Senses
permetre is used for these senses in English:
- admit (transitive) To allow (someone) to enter a profession or to enjoy a privilege; to recognize as qualified for a franchise.
- admit (transitive) To be capable of; to permit. In this sense, "of" may be used after the verb, or may be omitted.
- afford To incur, stand, or bear without serious detriment, as an act which might under other circumstances be injurious; (usually, after an expression of ability, as could, able, difficult) to be able or rich enough; to spare.
- allow (transitive, catenative) To permit, to give permission to.
- permit (transitive) To allow (someone) to do something; to give permission to. [from 15th c.]
admit — full definition
- verb To allow someone or something to enter.
- verb To acknowledge, often reluctantly, that something is true.
afford — full definition
- verb To have enough money, time, or resources for something.
- verb To be able to do something without unacceptable risk or consequence.