"admissible" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more admissible [comparative], most admissible [superlative]
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French admissible. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|frm|admissible}} Middle French admissible Head templates: {{en-adj}} admissible (comparative more admissible, superlative most admissible)
  1. Capable or deserving to be admitted, accepted or allowed; allowable, permissible, acceptable. Translations (capable or deserving to be admitted, accepted or allowed; allowable, permissible, acceptable): прыма́льны (prymálʹny) [masculine] (Belarusian), допустим (dopustim) (Bulgarian), приемлив (priemliv) (Bulgarian), admissible (Catalan), přípustný (Czech), aannemelijk (Dutch), acceptabel (Dutch), toelaatbaar (Dutch), akceptebla (Esperanto), loyviligur (Faroese), hyväksyttävä (Finnish), kelvollinen (Finnish), pätevä (Finnish), admissible (French), admisíbel (Galician), akzeptabel (German), annehmbar (German), zulässig (German), παραδεκτός (paradektós) (Greek), elfogadható (Hungarian), leyfilegur [masculine] (Icelandic), heimill [masculine] (Icelandic), ammissibile (Italian), akseptabel (Papiamentu), dopuszczalny (Polish), admissível (Portuguese), admisibil (Romanian), допусти́мый (dopustímyj) (Russian), прие́млемый (prijémlemyj) (Russian), admisible (Spanish), aceptable (Spanish), tillåtlig (Swedish), derbyniol (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-admissible-en-adj-ZNkxUdqX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of 'capable or deserving to be admitted, accepted or allowed; allowable, permissible, acceptable': 99 1
  2. (artificial intelligence) Describing a heuristic that never overestimates the cost of reaching a goal. Categories (topical): Artificial intelligence
    Sense id: en-admissible-en-adj-yQ6MiIOI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: admissibleness, admissibly, nonadmissible, unadmissible Related terms: admissibility, admission, admit

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      "sense": "capable or deserving to be admitted, accepted or allowed; allowable, permissible, acceptable",
      "word": "прие́млемый"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "capable or deserving to be admitted, accepted or allowed; allowable, permissible, acceptable",
      "word": "admisible"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "capable or deserving to be admitted, accepted or allowed; allowable, permissible, acceptable",
      "word": "aceptable"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "capable or deserving to be admitted, accepted or allowed; allowable, permissible, acceptable",
      "word": "tillåtlig"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "capable or deserving to be admitted, accepted or allowed; allowable, permissible, acceptable",
      "word": "derbyniol"
    }
  ],
  "word": "admissible"
}

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