different between permission vs understanding

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French permission, from Latin permissio. Mostly replaced native English leave, from Old English l?af (“permission”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: p?rm?'sh?n, IPA^(key): /p??m???n/
• (General American) enPR: p?rm?'sh?n, IPA^(key): /p??m???n/
• Rhymes: -???n
• Hyphenation: per?mis?sion

Noun

permission (countable and uncountable, plural permissions)

1. authorisation; consent (especially formal consent from someone in authority)

   Sire, do I have your permission to execute this traitor?

2. The act of permitting.
3. (computing) Flags or access control lists pertaining to a file that dictate who can access it, and how.

   I used the "chmod" command to change the file's permission.

Antonyms

• prohibition

Derived terms

Related terms

• permit

Translations

Verb

permission (third-person singular simple present permissions, present participle permissioning, simple past and past participle permissioned)

1. (transitive) To grant or obtain authorization for.

See also

• clearance

Further reading

• File system permissions on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• impression

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin permissi?, permissi?nem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p??.mi.sj??/

Noun

permission f (plural permissions)

1. permission

Related terms

• permettre

Further reading

• “permission” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?nd??stand??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??nd??stænd??/
• Rhymes: -ænd??
• Hyphenation: un?der?stand?ing

Noun

understanding (countable and uncountable, plural understandings) (with of, but with for in sense of "sympathy")

1. (gerund, uncountable) The act of one that understands or comprehends; comprehension; knowledge; discernment.
2. (countable) Reason or intelligence, ability to grasp the full meaning of knowledge, ability to infer.
3. (countable) Opinion, judgement or outlook.

4. (countable) An agreement of minds; harmony; something mutually understood or agreed upon.
   1. An informal contract; mutual agreement.

   2. A reconciliation of differences.

5. (uncountable) Sympathy.

Derived terms

• peace that passeth understanding

Translations

See also

• intellection

Adjective

understanding (comparative more understanding, superlative most understanding)

1. Showing compassion.
2. (dated) Knowing; skilful.

Translations

Verb

understanding

1. present participle of understand