permissible

CEFRC1

/pɚˈmɪsɪbl̩/

adjective

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adjective
Allowed by a rule, law, or authority.
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adjective
Extra detail
Any tool or device permitted for use in potentially explosive mine environments.

Examples

Food permissible for Muslims to eat is called halal food.
Is it ever morally permissible to lie?

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Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses: 3
Parts of speech: 1
Citations: 5
Synonyms: 5

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adjective

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permissive

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It's permissible to doubt.
The units will be allowed to run up to 90 m.p.h. between Chelmsford and Colchester, but their maximum speed of 100 m.p.h. is not permissible on the G.E. line.
Tony Bowen, of Brigade Electronics, a firm that spent three years developing a “quiet vehicle sounder”, said permissible frequencies and modulation under the regulation make it clear that the Avas should mimic an internal combustion engine.

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The units will be allowed to run up to 90 m.p.h. between Chelmsford and Colchester, but their maximum speed of 100 m.p.h. is not permissible on the G.E. line.
1963 March, “The Clacton express electric multiple-units enter service”, in Modern Railways, pages 172–173
[...] Mr. M. N. Rollason points out that on four-track lines on which the fast lines, in the centre, are flanked by the slow lines, and running at speed is permissible on all four, the traveller can enjoy some quite exciting experiences when trains are doing a "neck-and-neck" on adjacent lines.
1944 May and June, “Notes and News: Express Travel on Slow Lines”, in Railway Magazine, page 184
Tony Bowen, of Brigade Electronics, a firm that spent three years developing a “quiet vehicle sounder”, said permissible frequencies and modulation under the regulation make it clear that the Avas should mimic an internal combustion engine.
2019 July 1, Matthew Weaver, “Futuristic sounds to make electric buses safer hit wrong note”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 16 Jan 2021
As regards the incorporation of anglicisms and despite the efforts of the Real Academia Española (an official regulatory body which aims at the purity of the language), Spanish has usually been considered a rather permissible language.
2016 December, Marisa Diez-Arroyo, “Vagueness: A loanword’s good friend. The case of ‘Print’ in Spanish fashion”, in Pragmatics, page 609
Japanese zoning is specified at a national level, and while local governments do have some control over their local developments, the end result is a zoning code that is very permissible compared to most other countries.
2024 July 14, Jason Slaughter, “The Secret to Japan's Great Cities” (2:27 from the start), in Not Just Bikes

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Origin

adjective

From Middle English permyssyble, from Old French permissible, from Medieval Latin permissibilis.

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adjective

It is not blank to park in front of the fire hydrant.