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# admissible

«admissible» in Mova's school dictionary: **allowed or acceptable, especially as evidence in a court…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective

### meaning for a pupil

1) (formal) Admissible means allowed or acceptable, especially as evidence in a court of law. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/admissible/#m1)

2) (formal) Admissible means allowed to enter or be accepted. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/admissible/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

A formal word used in law, rules and exam language: «admissible evidence». In detective stories, a clue may not be admissible in court. In everyday life people say «allowed» or «acceptable».

### examples

- The judge said the photo was admissible as evidence. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/admissible/#x1)
- That excuse is not admissible here. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/admissible/#x2)
- The letter was admissible in court. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/admissible/#x3)
- Only admissible answers will get marks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/admissible/#x4)
- The detective worried the evidence would not be admissible. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/admissible/#x5)
- Is it admissible to use a calculator in the exam? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/admissible/#x6)

### note

Opposite: inadmissible. Spelling ends in «-ible». Verb: admit. Formal word; simpler: allowed, accepted.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «admissible» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/admissible/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.