license

Từ điển WordNet v3.1 - WordNet Dictionary

I - noun

1. a legal document giving official permission to do something (Freq. 4)
• Syn:
licence, permit
• Derivationally related forms:
permit (for: permit)
• Topics:
law, jurisprudence
• Hypernyms:
legal document, legal instrument, official document, instrument
• Hyponyms:
building permit, driver's license, driver's licence, driving license, driving licence,
fishing license, fishing licence, fishing permit, hunting license, hunting licence, hunting permit,
game license, learner's permit, letter of marque, letters of marque, letter of mark and reprisal, liquor license,
liquor licence, marriage license, marriage licence, wedding license, wedding licence, occupation license,
occupation licence, pass, liberty chit
2. freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behavior or speech) (Freq. 3)
• Syn:
licence
• Derivationally related forms:
licence (for: licence)
• Hypernyms:
liberty
• Hyponyms:
poetic license
3. 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
• Syn:
licence
• Derivationally related forms:
licentious (for: licence)
• Hypernyms:
liberty
4. the act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization
• Syn:
permission, permit
• Derivationally related forms:
permit (for: permit), permit (for: permission)
• Hypernyms:
authorization, authorisation, empowerment
• Hyponyms:
clearance, conge, congee, allowance, dispensation, toleration

II - verb

authorize officially (Freq. 2)
- I am licensed to practice law in this state
• Syn:
licence, certify
• Ant:
decertify (for: certify)
• Derivationally related forms:
certificatory (for: certify), certification (for: certify), licensee (for: licence), licence (for: licence), licensee, licenser
• Hypernyms:
authorize, authorise, pass, clear
• Hyponyms:
franchise, charter, accredit, recognize, recognise
• Entailment:
approve, O.K., okay, sanction
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  permission, permit, licence, certify
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  decertify, derecognize, derecognise