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🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

permesso

Pronunciation / Transliteration: perˈmɛs.so

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Permitted/pərˈmɪt.ɪd/
adjectiveverbCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #1450 frequency
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"Non è permesso entrare senza biglietto."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Officially allowed or authorized; not forbidden.

    "Photography is not permitted inside the museum galleries."
  2. 2

    Conceding or granting a particular condition or scope.

    "Within the permitted time frame, all participants submitted their reports."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin 'permittere', meaning 'to let through' or 'to allow', composed of 'per-' (through) and 'mittere' (to send). It entered Middle English via Old French in the late 14th century, evolving from a physical act of allowing passage to granting formal or legal authorization.

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