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| 1. | [ adjective ] worthy of acceptance or satisfactory | |
| Examples: | "acceptable levels of radiation" "performances varied from acceptable to excellent" |
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| Related terms: | unacceptable tolerable bankable unobjectionable unexceptionable satisfactory | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] (linguistics) judged to be in conformity with approved usage | |
| Synonyms: | accepted | |
| Examples: | "acceptable English usage" |
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| Related terms: | linguistics standard | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] meeting requirements | |
| Synonyms: | satisfactory | |
| Examples: | "the step makes a satisfactory seat" |
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| Related terms: | good | |
| 4. | [ adjective ] adequate for the purpose | |
| Examples: | "the water was acceptable for drinking" |
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| Related terms: | fit | |
| Similar spelling: |
acceptably acceptance accepted acceptive acceptant acceptability acceptation acceptor acceptor_rna accepting |
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