licence
Syllables: li·cence/ˈlaɪ.səns/
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Australia/ˈlɑe.səns/
licence noun: UK, Canada, Australia, South Africa, Ireland, New Zealand, Malaysia, and Singapore standard spelling of license. Also the misspelling of license.
Noun
licence (countable and uncountable, plural licences)
- UK, Canada, Australia, South Africa, Ireland, New Zealand, Malaysia, and Singapore standard spelling of license.
- In some areas they have attempted to decasualize certain types of employment and to control street-trading by a local licensing system requiring juveniles to obtain their licences through the committees.1944, The Labour Gazette, volume 44, page 720
- Serlio criticises the artistic licence taken by both ancient and contemporary architects, here specifically related to the confusion created by the rich decoration of the arch–in his illustrations, he stripped the monument of most of its beautifully […]2017, Allison Sherman, Artistic Practices and Cultural Transfer in Early Modern Italy: Essays in Honour of Deborah Howard, Routledge, →ISBN
Also used as
licence is also the misspelling of license.
licence meaning in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada
licence in Tamil
- உரிமம்
licence in Telugu
- లైసెన్స్, లైసెన్సు
licence in Malayalam
- ലൈസൻസ്
licence in Kannada
- ಪರವಾನಗಿ, ಲೈಸೆನ್ಸ್
More languagesFewer languages
- licence in Punjabi
- ਲਾਇਸੈਂਸ, ਲਾਈਸੈਂਸ, ਲਾਇਸੰਸ
- licence in Gujarati
- લાઇસન્સ, લાયસન્સ, લાઈસન્સ
- licence in Odia
- ଲାଇସେନ୍ସ୍
Forms of licence
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | licences |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | licences |
| present participle | licencing |
| past participle | licenced |
| past | licenced |
Words formed from licence
- artistic licence
- driver licence
- driver's licence
- driving licence
- firearms licence
- fly without a licence
- free on license
- gun licence
- high licence
- licenced
- licencee
- licence laundering
- licenceless
- licencelike
- licence plate
- licence to crenellate
- licence to print money
- licentiate
- licentious
- licentiously
- licentiousness
- liquor licence
- marriage licence
- multilicence
- multi-licence
- off-licence
- off licence
- pen licence
- poetic licence
- public licence
- road fund licence
- special licence
- sublicence
- sub-licence
Phrases with licence
Questions about licence
- What does licence mean?
- Licence means UK, Canada, Australia, South Africa, Ireland, New Zealand, Malaysia, and Singapore standard spelling of license.
- What is licence in Tamil?
- Licence in Tamil is உரிமம். See Licence meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is licence?
- Licence is a noun.
- How do you pronounce licence?
- Licence is pronounced /ˈlaɪ.səns/ (UK).
- What is the plural of licence?
- The plural of licence is licences.
Words near licence in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: licence (page history and authors); licence (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); licence (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); licence (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); licence (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); licence (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); licence (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); licence (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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