PERMISSIBLE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

Meaning of permissible in English

Examples of permissible

permissible
They simply deny that the agentneutral values of options have any bearing on what is permissible.
Based on simulations, they observe that recombination together with synergistic or diminishing epistasis increases or decreases permissible mutation rates and genome sizes.
All of these doubts are epistemologically permissible and quite understandable in view of the existing deep difficulties.
Thus, cadaveric directed donations should be permissible provided that the recipient and donor are emotionally related.
Further, the inventory of permissible feet from (12) and (13) constrains what syllable sequences can be validly parsed as feet.
We should not, however, assume that all morally permissible actions are morally obligatory.
Because this is redirection from greater harm to lesser harm, it may be permissible.
That is, constitutionally permissible rules are rules that are neither constitutionally forbidden nor constitutionally required.
Switching between permissible rules will be impossible because only one set of rules will be permissible.
There is other language usage in broadcasting which is resisted by listeners but permissible in informal speech.
For it is only permissible to threaten those acts it would be permissible on independent grounds to per form anyway.
This creates a strong sense of uncertainty among local authorities as to exactly what is permissible.
Intrinsically morally permissible conduct, such as driving without a seat belt, does not automatically become immoral upon being criminalized.
Without the facts, one cannot properly understand what was decided, since one cannot know which distinctions are permissible and which are impermissible.
Constitutional frameworks and inclusive democratic deliberation should constrain and regulate what it is permissible to do in the name of a culture.
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Translations of permissible

in Chinese (Traditional)
允許的,許可的,准許的…
in Chinese (Simplified)
允许的,许可的,准许的…
in Spanish
permitido, Permitido…
in Portuguese
permissível…
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in Italian
許されている, 許容される…
izin verilebilir, müsaade edilebilir, yasaların izin verdiği…
permis, acceptable…
permès…
geoorloofd…
tilladeligt…
tilåtet…
dibenarkan…
zulässig, erlaubt…
tillatt…
дозволений…
позволительный, допустимый…
مَسموح, مُباح…
přípustný, dovolený…
diizinkan, diperbolehkan (oleh hukum)…
อนุญาตได้…
được phép…
dopuszczalny, dozwolony…
허용되는…
ammesso, tollerabile, permissibile…
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