license

«license» in Mova's school dictionary: a written paper that says someone is allowed to do… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (plural licences in British English); verb (licenses, licensed, licensing)

meaning for a pupil

1) A license is a written paper that says someone is allowed to do something, such as drive a car or keep a dog; in Britain the noun is spelled licence. tree →

2) To license is to give someone official permission to do something. tree →

sense in the lessons

in old tales a king gives a license, which is leave, for someone to leave his land; in the lessons it means official permission.

examples

• You need a license to drive a car. tree →
• The king gave permission, a license to leave the land. tree →
• The shop was licensed to sell sweets. tree →

note

nothing for maths

In the corpora

• Some films use real controlled explosions, handled only by licensed experts with strict safety rules, while others add explosions by computer.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «license» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.