permettre — meaning in English
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English meaning
- afford verb To have enough money, time, or resources for something.
- allow verb To give permission for something to happen.
- condone verb To accept or overlook behaviour that is generally considered wrong.
- enable verb To give someone the ability, means, or authority to do something.
- permit verb To allow something to happen or to give someone authorization to do it.
Senses
permettre is used for these senses in English:
- 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.
- allow To not bar or obstruct.
- condone (transitive) To allow, accept or permit (something that is considered morally wrong, offensive, or generally disliked).
- enable To make somebody able (to do, or to be, something); to give sufficient ability or power to do or to be; to give strength or ability to.
- enable To qualify or approve for some role or position; to render sanction or authorization to; to confirm suitability for.
- enable (chiefly, electronics, computing) To activate, to make operational (especially of a function of an electronic or mechanical device).
- permit (transitive) To allow (someone) to do something; to give permission to. [from 15th c.]
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.
allow — full definition
- verb To give permission for something to happen.
- verb To make something possible.
- verb To set aside time, money, or another resource for something.
- verb To admit or acknowledge something as true, often reluctantly.