admissible

adjective

ad·​mis·​si·​ble əd-ˈmi-sə-bəl 

ad-

1

: capable of being allowed or conceded : permissible

evidence legally admissible in court

2

: capable or worthy of being admitted

admissible to the university

admissibility

əd-ˌmi-sə-ˈbi-lə-tē 

ad-

noun

Synonyms

• allowable
• permissible

Examples of admissible in a Sentence

The judge decided that the confession was admissible in court.

using direct quotations without naming your source is not admissible

Recent Examples on the Web

Such ideas would only be admissible in one scenario! —Sophie Kiderlin,sam Meredith, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2024

Over the years, the courts have upheld Tapp's confession as valid and admissible — and not the product of coercive police conduct. —CBS News, 4 Sep. 2024

At the station, Timberlake also refused to take a second breath test, which could be admissible as evidence. —Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 6 Aug. 2024

Rakoff, who is overseeing Jim Trotter’s retaliation case against the NFL, acknowledged the emails were admissible evidence and thus should have been shared in the pretrial process. —Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 30 July 2024

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from French, probably borrowed from Medieval Latin admissibilis, from Latin admissus (past participle of admittere "to admit entry 1") + -ibilis -ible

First Known Use

1611, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

admissible

adjective

ad·​mis·​si·​ble əd-ˈmis-ə-bəl 

: that can be or is worthy to be admitted or allowed

admissible evidence

admissibility

-ˌmis-ə-ˈbil-ət-ē 

noun

Legal Definition

admissible

adjective

ad·​mis·​si·​ble əd-ˈmi-sə-bəl, ad- 

: capable of being allowed or permitted

the difficulty would be lessened if entries in books of account were admissible as prima facie evidence

—B. N. Cardozo

admissibility

-ˌmi-sə-ˈbi-lə-tē 

noun