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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/license/#m1)

2) To license is to give someone official permission to do something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/license/#m2)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/license/#x1)
- The king gave permission, a license to leave the land. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/license/#x2)
- The shop was licensed to sell sweets. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/license/#x3)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/25-special-effects-and-stunts/13/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «license» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/license/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.