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# license

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

«license» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

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://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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/license/#m2)

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

### Note

nothing for maths

## In Jewish tradition

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

- New York, 1877 [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/license/#x1)
- license: Public Domain [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/license/#x2)
- versionSource: https://archive.org/details/sketchoftalmudwo02kali (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/license/#x3)
- Source: https://www.sefaria.org/api/v3/texts/Sefer%20Yetzirah?version=english%7CSefaria+Community+Translation Sefaria versionTitle: Sefaria Community Translation [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/license/#x4)
- license: CC0 [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/license/#x5)
- versionSource: https://www.sefaria.org (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/license/#x6)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «license» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/license/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«license» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/license.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «license» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/license/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«license» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/license.html) on Mova free.