permissibleper‧mis‧si‧ble /pəˈmɪsəbəl $ pər-/ adjective formal - The use of racial preferences is not permissible under the new law.
- As long as any advert does not bring the profession into disrepute nor is in bad taste then it is permissible.
- If reference to Hansard is not permissible, what is the true construction?
- Is it permissible to vary assignments, to expect less from certain students while demanding more from others?
- It becomes permissible to import toilers with swarthy skins who speak unintelligible languages.
- Moreover, it is permissible to make objects multi-functional, for example where a speed-bump is designed also to attract children's play.
- No plant has any right to talk of safe amounts and permissible amounts.
- Sometimes I make a point of not saying the pledge at all, just to make sure abstention remains permissible.
- What is, and what is not, permissible varies with time and place.
ADVERB► constitutionally· This clearly is a constitutionally permissible goal for an institution of higher education.
NOUN► level· Stiffer emission standards are being introduced to reduce permissible levels.
nounpermissionpermitpermissivenessadjectivepermissible ≠ impermissiblepermissiveverbpermit