word
Permissible
Pur-MIH-suh-buhl
/pɜːrˈmɪsʌbʌl/Listen
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Syllable breakdown
permissible
Dictionary meaning
That may be permitted especially as according to rule.
Examples
- Permissible behavior in school.
- A kind of speculation that was permissible in cosmology but inadmissible in medicine.
Synonyms: allowable
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