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admissible
What does admissible mean?
admissible (adjective): capable or deserving to be admitted, accepted or allowed; allowable, permissible, acceptable.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use admissible in a sentence?
- Admissible evidence. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce admissible?
/ədˈmɪsəbəl/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does admissible come from?
Borrowed from Middle French admissible.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to admissible
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “admissible” mean?
willing to comply with the commands, orders, or instructions of those in authority; biddable
Not quite: that's what obedient means.
capable or deserving to be admitted, accepted or allowed; allowable, permissible, acceptable
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no longer in existence; lost or especially having died out leaving no living representatives
Not quite: that's what extinct means.
bearing full likeness by having precisely the same set of characteristics; indistinguishable
Not quite: that's what identical means.
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