acceptable

acceptable
ac|cept|a|ble
W3S3 [əkˈseptəbəl] adj
1.) good enough to be used for a particular purpose or to be considered satisfactory
acceptable to
▪ an agreement which is acceptable to all sides
▪ Students who achieve an acceptable standard will progress to degree studies.
▪ How do we reach an acceptable level of data security?
2.) acceptable behaviour is considered to be morally or socially good enough
▪ Alcohol is not an acceptable way out of your problems.
▪ Here, the students set the standards for acceptable behaviour .
acceptable (for sb) to do sth
▪ It is not socially acceptable for parents to leave children unattended at that age.
▪ It is perfectly acceptable to sample the food before you buy.
>acceptably adv
>acceptability [əkˌseptəˈbılıti] n [U]

Dictionary of contemporary English. 2013.

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  • acceptable — [ aksɛptabl ] adj. • déb. XIIIe; acetable « agréable » 1165; de accepter 1 ♦ Qui mérite d être accepté. ⇒ recevable. Offres acceptables. ⇒fam. valable. Elle « s engageait à fournir un alibi très acceptable » (Loti). ♢ Ling. Phrase acceptable. ⇒… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

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  • Acceptable — Ac*cept a*ble ( s[e^]pt [.a]*b l; 277), a. [F. acceptable, L. acceptabilis, fr. acceptare.] Capable, worthy, or sure of being accepted or received with pleasure; pleasing to a receiver; gratifying; agreeable; welcome; as, an acceptable present,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • acceptable — I adjective adequate, admissible, advisable, agreeable, allowable, applicable, appropriate, attractive, becoming, comfortable, commensurate, conventional, decent, desirable, eligible, entitled, enviable, expedient, fair, felicitous, fit,… …   Law dictionary

  • acceptable — (adj.) late 14c., from O.Fr. acceptable, from L. acceptabilis worthy of acceptance, from acceptare (see ACCEPT (Cf. accept)). Related: Acceptably …   Etymology dictionary

  • acceptable — [adj] satisfactory, agreeable adequate, admissible, all right, A OK*, average, big*, common, cooking with gas*, cool*, copacetic, decent, delightful, fair, hep*, hip*, hunky dory*, in the swim*, kosher*, large, okay, on the ball*, on the beam*,… …   New thesaurus

  • acceptable — Acceptable, com. gen. penac. Recevable et aggreable envers chacun, Gratus, Acceptus, Mettable …   Thresor de la langue françoyse

  • acceptable — ► ADJECTIVE 1) able to be accepted. 2) adequate, though not outstanding or perfect. DERIVATIVES acceptability noun acceptably adverb …   English terms dictionary

  • acceptable — [ak sep′tə bəl, əksept′tə bəl] adj. 1. worth accepting; satisfactory or, sometimes, merely adequate 2. tolerable; bearable acceptability n. acceptableness acceptably adv …   English World dictionary

  • acceptable — adj. VERBS ▪ be, prove, seem ▪ become ▪ make sth ▪ an attempt to make the reforms acceptable to both sides ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

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