permissible

/pə'misəbl/

Thân thiện

It is permissible to bring a small snack to the library.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Allowed or acceptable: Refers to something that is permitted or within the rules, not forbidden.
   • Tolerable or admissible: Indicates that something, such as an action or idea, can be accepted or conceded in a particular context.

Usage

• The adjective "permissible" is used to describe actions, behaviors, deductions, or ideas that are officially or contextually allowed.
• It often appears in formal, legal, or academic contexts to discuss what is within the bounds of rules or norms.
• It can be modified by adverbs like "barely," "hardly," or "perfectly" to indicate the degree of acceptability.

Examples

• General Use:
  • The use of calculators is permissible during this exam.
  • Is it permissible to park here overnight?
• Context-Specific Use:
  • In some cultures, such direct questions are not permissible in polite conversation.
  • The judge ruled that the evidence was permissible in court.

Advanced Usage

• "Barely permissible": Just within the limits of what is allowed; almost unacceptable.
  • His behavior was barely permissible under the club's strict code of conduct.
• "Permissible limit": The maximum allowable amount or degree.
  • The factory's emissions are within the permissible limits set by the government.

Variants and Related Words

• Permissibility (noun): The quality or state of being permissible.
  • The permissibility of such actions is still under debate.
• Permissibly (adverb): In a permissible manner.
  • You may permissibly cite up to three sources without seeking further permission.

Synonyms

• Allowable: Capable of being allowed.
• Acceptable: Able to be tolerated or allowed.
• Authorized: Officially permitted or sanctioned.
• Legitimate: Conforming to the law or to rules.

Antonyms

• Impermissible: Not permissible; forbidden.
• Prohibited: Formally forbidden by law, rule, or other authority.
• Unacceptable: Not satisfactory or allowable.

Related Phrases and Idioms

• "Within permissible bounds": Inside the acceptable limits.
  • All research must be conducted within permissible ethical bounds.
• "Deem permissible": To judge or consider something as allowable.
  • The committee did not deem the proposed method permissible for the study.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. that may be accepted or conceded
   • a kind of speculation that was permissible in cosmology but inadmissible in medicine
2. that may be permitted especially as according to rule
   • permissible behavior in school
   • a permissible tax deduction

Từ đồng nghĩa

• allowable