English noun: license | |||
1. | license (communication) a legal document giving official permission to do something | ||
Synonyms | licence, permit | ||
Broader (hypernym) | instrument, legal document, legal instrument, official document | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | building permit, driver's licence, driver's license, driving licence, driving license, fishing licence, fishing license, fishing permit, game license, hunting licence, hunting license, hunting permit, learner's permit, letter of mark and reprisal, letter of marque, letters of marque, liberty chit, liquor licence, liquor license, marriage licence, marriage license, occupation licence, occupation license, pass, wedding licence, wedding license | ||
Domain category | jurisprudence, law | ||
2. | license (state) freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behavior or speech) | ||
Synonyms | licence | ||
Broader (hypernym) | liberty | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | poetic license | ||
3. | license (state) excessive freedom; lack of due restraint | ||
Samples | When liberty becomes license dictatorship is near. The intolerable license with which the newspapers break...the rules of decorum. | ||
Synonyms | licence | ||
Broader (hypernym) | liberty | ||
4. | license (act) the act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization | ||
Synonyms | permission, permit | ||
Broader (hypernym) | authorisation, authorization, empowerment | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | allowance, clearance, conge, congee, dispensation, toleration | ||
English verb: license | |||
1. | license (social) authorize officially | ||
Samples | I am licensed to practice law in this state. | ||
Synonyms | certify, licence | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE | ||
Broader (hypernym) | authorise, authorize, clear, pass | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | accredit, charter, franchise, recognise, recognize | ||
Entail | approve, O.K., okay, sanction | ||
Antonyms | decertify, derecognise, derecognize | ||