Definition of "omissible" [o•mis•si•ble]

• Possible to omit: an omissible passage in the text. (adjective)

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• "And we know that that is omissible in similar noun phrases:"
• "In the way of is omissible, in the examples, therefore can't really be said to 'govern' anything."
• "To resolve the issue, we have to rely on syntactic criteria, and if a string is omissible as this one is it can hardly be called integrated."