Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

permitting

/pəɹˈmɪ.tɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.46 in modern English

Syllables: per-mit-ting
IPA: /pəɹˈmɪ.tɪŋ/

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of permit

verb

Used in an absolute clause to indicate that the statement modified by the clause (typically an expression of intent) will only be fulfilled if not impeded by the noun.

noun

An act or instance of permitting something.

Example Sentences

"We'll come if we can, weather, health, and car permitting."
"How do we jump over that last hurdle before we start most of the permittings being done?"
"Mr. Manchin has insisted that legislation to streamline the permitting of fossil fuel and energy infrastructure projects, including the West Virginia pipeline, be tied to the spending measure, which is expected to keep the government funded through mid-December."

Inflected Forms

permittings (plural) permiting (alternative, uncommon)

Rhymes With

sitting hitting fitting committing admitting splitting quitting submitting spitting knitting transmitting shitting

Questions

How do you pronounce permitting?: The recorded pronunciation is /pəɹˈmɪ.tɪŋ/.
What does permitting mean?: present participle and gerund of permit

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