permissible
pronunciation
How to pronounce permissible in British English:
UK [pəˈmɪsəbl]
How to pronounce permissible in American English:
US [pərˈmɪsəbl]
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- Adjective:
- that may be permitted especially as according to rule
- that may be accepted or conceded
Word Origin
- permissible (adj.)
- early 15c., from Old French permissible (15c.) and directly from Medieval Latin permissibilis, from permiss-, past participle stem of Latin permittere (see permit (v.)).
Example
- 1. An snb inquiry cleared mr. hildebrand of any improprieties , ruling that the transactions were permissible because they were tied to a personal real-estate transaction .
- 2. The reading there registered 3.99 microsieverts per hour , nearly 20 times the level the government sees as permissible for school grounds , the ward said in a news release .
- 3. Roughly half are killed by whalers from japan , mostly off antarctica ; the cull is permissible , japan says , because it amounts to " scientific " rather than commercial whaling .
- 4. The steps taken so far are permissible , says gunther krichbaum , head of the bundestag 's europe committee , but " we have to think how far european integration can progress on this basis . "