permitted

[ per-mit-id ]

adjective

1. allowed or tolerated:

   One lettuce contained a gene-mutating compound at over sixty times the permitted level.

2. given permission to do something; authorized:

   Some of the user-uploaded data should only be accessible to a permitted group of users.

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of permit ¹( def ).

Other Words From

• per·mit·ted·ly adverb
• non·per·mit·ted adjective
• un·per·mit·ted adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of permitted¹

permit ¹( def ) + -ed ²( def )

Related Words

• acceptable
• allowable
• allowed
• approved
• authorized
• licensed
• sanctioned