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admissible

adj.
C1 Advanced US //ədˈmɪsəbəɫ// UK //ɐdmˈɪsəbəl// ad·mis·si·ble

adj. allowed to be used in a legal case or to be part of a specific group. You use this when something is not banned or restricted.

adj. permitted by law or by the rules of a particular organization or system. Often used in legal contexts to describe evidence or in social contexts to describe membership.


SIMPLE

The judge decided that the evidence was admissible.

CONTEXTUAL

The committee decided that only members of the local club were admissible to the private event.

COMPLEX

Legal experts debated whether the intercepted communications were admissible in court, citing the potential for a violation of the defendant's right to privacy.

Antonyms
Origin

Borrowed from Middle French admissible. Equivalent to admit + -ible

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