to ask permission

  • 1Permission marketing — is a term used in e marketing. Marketers will ask permission before they send advertisements to prospective customers. It is used by some Internet marketers, email marketers, and telephone marketers. It requires that people first opt in , rather… …

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  • 2Permission — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Permission >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 permission permission leave Sgm: N 1 allowance allowance sufferance Sgm: N 1 tolerance tolerance toleration Sgm: N 1 liberty liberty law license …

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  • 3permission — noun (U) an act of officially allowing someone to do something: permission to do sth: I applied to the authorities for permission to cross the frontier. | give sb permission (to do sth): Who gave you permission to leave class early? | ask… …

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  • 4permission — per|mis|sion W3S2 [pəˈmıʃən US pər ] n [U] when someone is officially allowed to do something ▪ You must ask permission before taking any photographs inside the church. ▪ They didn t have permission to cross the frontier. ▪ Who gave him… …

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  • 5ask — [[t]ɑ͟ːsk, æ̱sk[/t]] ♦ asks, asking, asked 1) VERB If you ask someone something, you say something to them in the form of a question because you want to know the answer. [V with quote] How is Frank? he asked... [V n n] I asked him his name... [V …

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  • 6permission — permissioned, adj. permissory /peuhr mis euh ree/, adj. /peuhr mish euhn/, n. 1. authorization granted to do something; formal consent: to ask permission to leave the room. 2. the act of permitting. [1400 50; late ME < L permission (s. of&#8230; …

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  • 7ask for one's hand — {v. phr.} To ask permission to marry someone. * / Sir, John said timidly to Mary s father, I came to ask for your daughter s hand. / …

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  • 8ask for one's hand — {v. phr.} To ask permission to marry someone. * / Sir, John said timidly to Mary s father, I came to ask for your daughter s hand. / …

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  • 9ask\ for\ one's\ hand — v. phr. To ask permission to marry someone. Sir, John said timidly to Mary s father, I came to ask for your daughter s hand …

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  • 10permission — per•mis•sion [[t]pərˈmɪʃ ən[/t]] n. 1) authorization granted to do something; formal consent: to ask permission to leave the room[/ex] 2) the act of permitting • Etymology: 1400–50; late ME &LT; L permissiō &LT; permitt(ere) to permit I&#8230; …

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