Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

permissive working

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.77 in modern English

Syllables: per-mis-sive -work-ing
IPA

32

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

5

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A system allowing more than one train at a time to be on the same line in a block section, a signal section, or a dead-end platform line.

British usage; Uncountable

Usage

British usage
Uncountable

Questions

What does permissive working mean?: A system allowing more than one train at a time to be on the same line in a block section, a signal section, or a dead-end platform line.

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