acceptable

Definitions


[əkˈsɛptəbl], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- able to be agreed on; suitable
(e.g: the electoral arrangements must be acceptable to the people)

- able to be tolerated or allowed
(e.g: pollution in the city had reached four times the acceptable level)


Phrases:
- the acceptable face of —

Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French, from late Latin acceptabilis, from acceptare (see accept)




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