- permission
- nounADJECTIVE▪ full▪ special▪ explicit, express▪
Staff may not leave early without the express permission of the director.
▪ tacit▪ formal, government, legal, official▪ parental▪ written▪ necessary▪They chopped the trees down without having been granted the necessary permission.
▪ specific▪ prior▪He was not allowed to leave the city without the prior permission of the authorities.
▪ proper▪ outline (BrE)▪The council granted outline permission for the construction of a house on the land.
▪ planning▪You will need to obtain planning permission if you want to extend your house.
VERB + PERMISSION▪ have▪ gain, get, obtain, receive, secure, win (esp. BrE)▪ give (sb), grant (sb)▪ deny sb, refuse sb▪ revoke, withdraw (both esp. BrE)▪ need, require▪ apply for (esp. BrE), ask, ask for, request, seek▪ awaitPREPOSITION▪ with sb's permission, without sb's permission▪The information was published with the full permission of Amnesty International.
▪ permission for▪She was given permission for a three-month visit to Asia.
▪I did not give permission for anyone to print it or copy it.
▪The council refused planning permission for the erection of a block of flats. (BrE)
▪ permission to▪permission to park
PHRASES▪ by permission of sb▪The illustrations are reproduced by kind permission of the library.
Collocations dictionary. 2013.