acceptability

CEFRC1

/ˌækˌsɛp.təˈbɪl.ət.i/

noun

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  1. 01

    noun

    The quality of being considered suitable or satisfactory.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    Operation plan review criterion. The determination as to whether the contemplated course of action is worth the cost in manpower, materiel, and time involved; is consistent with the law of war; and is militarily and politically supportable. (JP 1-02 Departmen...

Examples

  • The acceptability of a social gesture depends on innumerable cultural factors.

  • The treatment's acceptability plummeted by nearly 96% that year after researchers discovered disfiguring side effects.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

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noun

Extra meanings

  1. The quality of being acceptable; acceptableness.

  2. Operation plan review criterion. The determination as to whether the contemplated course of action is worth the cost in manpower, materiel, and time involved; is consistent with the law of war; and is militarily and politically supportable. (JP 1-02 Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms)

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In context

  • The acceptability of a television picture is also governed by its size, colour and freedom from interfering signals, flicker and lininess.

  • Therefore vve eat Chriſts ſpiritual body, becauſe he hath given us his natural body to be broken and his natural blood to be ſhed, for the remiſſion of ſins, and for the obtaining the grace and acceptability of repentance.

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Origin

noun

From Latin acceptābilitās. By surface analysis, accept + -ability.