Admissible
[əd'mɪsɪb(ə)l] or [əd'mɪsəbl]
Definition
(a.) Entitled to be admitted, or worthy of being admitted; that may be allowed or conceded; allowable; as, the supposition is hardly admissible.
Typist: Melba
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Permissible, allowable, lawful, proper, justifiable, warrantable.
Typist: Rudy
Examples
- An autocracy would no doubt have been admissible as a fully self-governing democracy with a franchise limited to one person. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Against this there were double lines drawn in red ink, and the following note was appended to them-- Not admissible. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- But the expression is hardly admissible, Mrs. Weston, is it? Jane Austen. Emma.
Typist: Rudy