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Either syllable may be stressed, depending on the meaning. Like some other two-syllable words, permit is a noun when stressed on the first (PERmit), and a verb when stressed on the last syllable (perMIT). Other examples of this phenomenon are: PER-fume (noun) and per-FUME (verb); PER-fect (adjective) and per-FECT (verb); CONtent and conTENT; similarly CONvoy and conVEY.

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