acceptable
adjectifnomcourant dans les dialogues
- //əkˈsɛp.tə.bəl//
- //ækˈsɛp.tə.bəl//
- //ɪkˈsɛp.tə.bəl//
Worthy, decent, sure of being accepted or received with at least moderate pleasure.
adjectif
- 1
Worthy, decent, sure of being accepted or received with at least moderate pleasure.
We need to find an acceptable present for Jeff.
I think if post commanders of the unchaplained posts could employ acceptable clergymen […] then the needs might be met.
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.
- 2
Barely worthy, less than excellent; passable.
The designs were acceptable, but they were nothing special either.
Étymologie
From Middle English acceptable, from Anglo-Norman and Middle French acceptable, from Late Latin acceptābilis (“worthy of acceptance”). Morphologically accept + -able.
nom
- 1
Someone or something that is acceptable.
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.
The good old acceptables are called “character” actors. An actor of the versatile order is called, casually, even contemptuously, a “character” actor.
Close to 3 percent of the acceptables are free of DMF teeth while none of the rejectables have fewer than 7 DMF teeth.
The church will not be content to see that older persons are housed and entertained, or even that acceptables are worked out to provide them with therapy and income from jobs.
Formes
- pluriel
- acceptables
- comparatif
- more acceptable
- superlatif
- most acceptable
acceptable · Worthy, decent, sure of being accepted or received with at least moderate pleasure.
acceptance · The act of accepting; the receiving of something offered,…accepted · Generally approved, believed, or recognized.accepting · Characterized by acceptance.