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admissible

/ədˈmɪsəbəl/

admissible adjective: capable or deserving to be admitted, accepted or allowed; allowable, permissible, acceptable.

Adjective

admissible (comparative more admissible, superlative most admissible)

  1. Capable or deserving to be admitted, accepted or allowed; allowable, permissible, acceptable.
    • Moreover, the term [...] is well recorded in British and Australian sources from the 1840s onwards, while the earliest Anglo-Indian evidence only extends as far back as 1865 and so does not hold precedence. Thus, deriving the term from Hindustani is not chronologically admissible on present...2018, James Lambert, “Anglo-Indian slang in dictionaries on historical principles”, in World Englishes, volume 37, page 255
    Antonyms:
    inadmissible
  2. (artificial intelligence) Describing a heuristic that never overestimates the cost of reaching a goal.
    Antonyms:
    inadmissible

admissible meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

admissible in Hindi

capable or deserving to be admitted, accepted or allowed
स्वीकार्य svīkārya

admissible in Tamil

அனுமதிக்கத்தக்க, இசைவுடைய, ஏற்கத்தக்க, ஏற்புடைய, சேர்க்கத்தக்க

admissible in Urdu

حلال, جائز, مباح, قابل قبول, روا

admissible in Bengali

গ্রহণযোগ্য
More languagesFewer languages
admissible in Malayalam
അനുവദിക്കത്തക്ക, അനുവദിച്ചുകൊടുക്കാവുന്ന, സാധുവായ, സ്വീകരണീയമായ

Synonyms of admissible

Antonyms

All synonyms and antonyms of admissible

Forms of admissible

comparativemore admissible
superlativemost admissible
alternative formadmissable

Origin of admissible

Borrowed from Middle French admissible. Equivalent to admit + -ible

Words formed from admissible

Questions about admissible

What does admissible mean?
Admissible means capable or deserving to be admitted, accepted or allowed; allowable, permissible, acceptable.
What is admissible in Hindi?
Admissible in Hindi is स्वीकार्य (svīkārya). See Admissible meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is admissible?
Admissible is an adjective.
How do you pronounce admissible?
Admissible is pronounced /ədˈmɪsəbəl/.

Words near admissible in the dictionary

  1. admissabilities
  2. admissability
  3. admissable
  4. admissibilities
  5. admissibility
  6. admissible
  7. admissibleness
  8. admissibly
  9. admission
  10. Admission Day
  11. admissions

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Adapted from Wiktionary: admissible (page history and authors); admissible (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); admissible (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); admissible (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); admissible (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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