Meaning and Usage
허용하다 means 'to permit' or 'to approve' something. It is commonly used in formal or official contexts such as company policies, government regulations, or app permissions.
Common Contexts
You will often see 허용하다 used when talking about allowing actions, permissions, or approvals. For example, companies 허용하다 employee requests, apps 허용하다 access to data, or authorities 허용하다 certain behaviors.
Collocations and Patterns
- 허용하다 + noun (e.g., 휴가를 허용하다): to permit something
- ~하는 것을 허용하다: to allow doing something
- 허용하지 않다: to not permit or disallow
Register and Politeness
허용하다 is a standard verb used in both written and spoken Korean, often in formal or neutral contexts. It is not casual and is appropriate for business, official, or technical language.
Common Mistakes
Learners sometimes confuse 허용하다 with similar verbs like 인정하다 (to acknowledge) or 승인하다 (to approve formally). 허용하다 focuses more on permission or allowance rather than formal approval or recognition. Use 허용하다 when emphasizing permission granted for an action or behavior.