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 Definitions of license  [ˈlaɪ səns]  

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Definition of 'license' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) license
formal permission from a governmental or other constituted authority to do something, as to carry on some business or profession.

2.  license
a certificate, tag, plate, etc., giving proof of such permission; official permit:
a driver's license.

3.  license
permission to do or not to do something.

4.  license
intentional deviation from rule, convention, or fact, as for the sake of literary or artistic effect:
poetic license.

5.  license
exceptional freedom allowed in a special situation.

6.  license
excessive or undue freedom or liberty.

7.  license
licentiousness.

8.  license
the legal right to use a patent owned by another.

9. (v.t.) license
to issue or grant a license to.

10.  license
to give permission to; authorize.

Etymology:  (1325–75; ME licence < MF < ML licentia authorization, L: freedom =licent-, s. of licēns, prp. of licēre to be allowed +-ia -ia)

Definition of 'license' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) license, licence, permit
a legal document giving official permission to do something

2. (noun) license, licence
freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behavior or speech)

3. (noun) license, licence
excessive freedom; lack of due restraint
"when liberty becomes license dictatorship is near"- Will Durant; "the intolerable license with which the newspapers break...the rules of decorum"- Edmund Burke

4. (verb) license, permission, permit
the act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization

5. (verb) license, licence, certify
authorize officially
"I am licensed to practice law in this state"


Definition of 'license' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (verb) license
to give official permission for an activity or use
He was not licensed to operate the machinery.


Definition of 'license' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) license
authority or liberty given to do or forbear any act; especially, a formal permission from the proper authorities to perform certain acts or to carry on a certain business, which without such permission would be illegal; a grant of permission; as, a license to preach, to practice medicine, to sell gunpowder or intoxicating liquors

2. (noun) license
the document granting such permission

3. (noun) license
excess of liberty; freedom abused, or used in contempt of law or decorum; disregard of law or propriety

4. (noun) license
that deviation from strict fact, form, or rule, in which an artist or writer indulges, assuming that it will be permitted for the sake of the advantage or effect gained; as, poetic license; grammatical license, etc

5. (verb) license
to permit or authorize by license; to give license to; as, to license a man to preach


Translation of 'license' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: to give a licence to or permit
He is licensed to sell alcohol.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: lisensieer Arabic flag Arabic: يُرَخِّص، يَمْنَح إجازَه Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: лицензирам
Brazilian flag Brazilian: ter licença Czech flag Czech: povolit German flag German: amtlich genehmigen
Danish flag Danish: give tilladelse Greek flag Greek: εξουσιοδοτώ, χορηγώ άδεια Spanish flag Spanish: autorizar, dar permiso
Estonian flag Estonian: lubama Farsi flag Farsi: مجوز دادن Finnish flag Finnish: myöntää lupa
French flag French: autoriser Hebrew flag Hebrew: לְהַרשוֹת, לַתֵת רִישׁיוֹ Hindi flag Hindi: लाइसेंस देना
Croatian flag Croatian: dati dozvolu Hungarian flag Hungarian: engedélyez Indonesian flag Indonesian: memberi izin
Icelandic flag Icelandic: hafa heimild/leyfi Italian flag Italian: autorizzare Japanese flag Japanese: 許可する
Korean flag Korean: 인가하다 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: duoti licenciją, leisti Latvian flag Latvian: dot licenci/patentu/atļau
Malay flag Malay: memberi lesen Dutch flag Dutch: een vergunning verlenen Norwegian flag Norwegian: ha/gi tillatelse til
Polish flag Polish: upoważnić Persian flag Persian: مجوز دادن Pashto flag Pashto: د جوازليك وكول
Portuguese flag Portuguese: ter licença Romanian flag Romanian: a autoriza Russian flag Russian: выдавать лицензию
Slovak flag Slovak: povoliť Slovenian flag Slovenian: odobriti Serbian flag Serbian: dozvola
Swedish flag Swedish: bevilja (ge) ngn licens ( Thai flag Thai: อนุญาต Turkish flag Turkish: ruhsat vermek
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 准許 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: давати дозвіл; давати ліц Urdu flag Urdu: سند جاری کرنا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: cấp phép Chinese flag Chinese: 准许

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