acceptable

CEFRB1

/əkˈsɛp.tə.bəl/

adjective

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01
adjective
Good enough or suitable for a particular purpose.
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adjective
Extra detail
Barely worthy, less than excellent; passable.

Examples

Doing math is the only socially acceptable way to masturbate in public.
Children must learn socially acceptable behaviour.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses: 4
Parts of speech: 1
Citations: 5
Synonyms: 5

Also pronounced

/ˈæksɛp.tə.bəl/

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adjective

Extra meanings

Someone or something that is acceptable.
Worthy, decent, sure of being accepted or received with at least moderate pleasure.

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In context

The designs were acceptable, but they were nothing special either.
We need to find an acceptable present for Jeff.
Flowers are always acceptable.

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A score above 80 percent is considered blank for passing the exam.

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Citations

The word in print, with each source given in full.

I think if post commanders of the unchaplained posts could employ acceptable clergymen […] then the needs might be met.
1883, United States. War Department, Annual Reports of the War Department, volume 1, page 128
A site that carried [sexually explicit] material, but that gated it off from children through credit cards or other mechanisms to verify the age of the user, would have an acceptable defense under the act.
1999 February 1, Pamela Mendels, “Judge Delays Online Pornography Law”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 06 Oct 2022
The whole range of the knowable is divided into two classes, the acceptable and the avoidable. The acceptables are: Śiva, Śakti, Vidyesa, Mantra, Mantreśvara and the Jivas.
1922, Madhusūdan Kaul, “Introduction”, in Sri Mālinīvijayottara Tantram (Kashmir Series of Texts and Studies; XXXVII), Bombay: […] “Tatva-vivechaka” Press, page xvii
The good old acceptables are called “character” actors. An actor of the versatile order is called, casually, even contemptuously, a “character” actor.
c. 1929–1930, Harry Alan Potamkin, “A Diet of Stars”, in Lewis Jacobs, editor, The Compound Cinema: The Film Writings of Harry Alan Potamkin (Studies in Culture & Communication), New York, N.Y.; London: Teachers College Press, published 1977, →ISBN, part 3 (Miscellany), section 9 (Other Writings), page 565
Close to 3 percent of the acceptables are free of DMF teeth while none of the rejectables have fewer than 7 DMF teeth.
1941 July 4, Henry Klein, “The Dental Status and Dental Needs of Young Adult Males, Rejectable or Acceptable for Military Service, According to Selective Service Dental Requirements”, in Public Health Reports, volume 56, number 27, Washington, D.C.: United States Public Health Service, pages 1373–1374

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Origin

adjective

From Middle English acceptable, from Anglo-Norman and Middle French acceptable, from Late Latin acceptābilis (“worthy of acceptance”). Morphologically accept + -able.

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adjective

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A score above 80 percent is considered blank— for passing the exam.

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Origin

adjective

A score above 80 percent is considered blank for passing the exam.