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Examples of permissible in a Sentence
deployment overseas would be regarded as a permissible reason for late filing by members of the military
Recent Examples of permissible from the Web
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In effect, Iran is still staying within the parameters of the 2015 agreement but now tip-toeing closer to the edge of what is permissible.
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Opioids were permissible after a difficult surgery, but providers had to use the lowest adequate dose and register the prescription in a digital tracking system.
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Big banks, for example, would have more flexibility to determine what trading is permissible.
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The changes would give the largest banks significant freedom to engage in more complicated — and possibly riskier — activities by largely leaving it up to Wall Street firms to determine which trading is permissible under the rule and which is not.
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Again, asking a supervisor or HR to help mediate is totally permissible, says Keels.
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Such bait may include small animal carcasses and in some locations, fish parts are also permissible.
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Lawyers for employers, who have long backed arbitration as a means of resolving disputes, argued that class action waivers are permissible under the 1925 law.
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In 2016, Pope Francis said that contraception could be permissible in areas struck with the Zika virus, because of evidence linking it to a birth defect.
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Origin and Etymology of permissible
Middle English, from Medieval Latin permissibilis, from Latin permissus, past participle of permittere
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First Known Use: 15th century
in the meaning defined above
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Synonyms
Antonyms
banned, barred, forbidden, impermissible, inadmissible, interdicted, prohibited, proscribed, verboten;
Near Antonyms
intolerable, unacceptable, unbearable, unendurable;
Related Words
acceptable, bearable, endurable, tolerable;
accredited, allowed, authorized, certified, endorsed (also indorsed), licensed, OK (or okay), permitted, sanctioned, warranted;
PERMISSIBLE Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of permissible for English Language Learners
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: allowed or permitted by laws or rules
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