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allowable
/əˈlaʊ.əbəl/
adj 5noun 1
Collocations
3VERB + ALLOWABLE
times
ALLOWABLE + NOUN
medication
PREP.
on
Definitions
adj
1
Appropriate; acceptable.
2
Intellectually admissible; valid; probable.
3
Able to be added or deducted in consideration of something.
4
Permissible; tolerable; legitimate.
And first, although there were more things in nature then words which did expresse them, yet even in these mute and silent discourses, to expresse complexed significations, they took a liberty to compound and piece together creatures of allowable formes unto mixtures inexistent […]
New HISA regulations, implemented last month, include strict rules about withdrawal times and allowable medication levels on race day.
5
Praiseworthy.
noun
1
A permitted amount or activity.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
adjective — that may be permitted especially as according to rule
Antonyms
- impermissible
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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And first, although there were more things in nature then words which did expresse them, yet even in these mute and silent discourses, to expresse complexed significations, they took a liberty to comp
Wiktionary02
New HISA regulations, implemented last month, include strict rules about withdrawal times and allowable medication levels on race day.
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