Definition of accepted in English:
accepted
adjective əkˈsɛptɪdəkˈsɛptəd
Generally believed or recognized to be valid or correct.
he wasn't handsome in the accepted sense
the accepted consensus within the church
Example sentencesExamples
- Typically, any article about the model contains hypocritical comments about her not being the accepted standard of beauty.
- In the US, the widely accepted rule is that if your front (porch) light is on, you're welcome to trick-or-treaters at your door, and you'll have candy.
- It's a commonly accepted practice that government contracts should go to the lowest bidder.
- Graber is now questioning other universally accepted truths.
- Cohabitation was still frowned upon, illegitimate births a stigma and the nuclear family the accepted way of doing things.
- There was a time when "gaol" was the accepted spelling in Australia.
- Liddell & Scott's Greek Lexicon is a universally accepted standard among scholars.
- The McKinsey study also confirms the widely accepted belief that price is important, and only when electric cars get closer to the price of comparable gasoline cars will there be a true mass market for them.
- Dexter contradicted all the accepted norms of TV drama.
- Technically, the title of this collection includes something of a misnomer since none of the works on the disc is a quintet in the accepted sense of the word.
- The health of all Americans could benefit from the use of de-identified data to meet widely accepted public health objectives.
- Mediation and negotiation are the commonly accepted ways to settle disputes.
- Many listeners are, rightly, suspicious of free jazz as a refuge for those who simply cannnot "play" in the accepted sense.
Definition of accepted in US English:
accepted
adjectiveəkˈsɛptədəkˈseptəd
Generally believed or recognized to be valid or correct.
he wasn't handsome in the accepted sense
the accepted consensus within the church
Example sentencesExamples
- Mediation and negotiation are the commonly accepted ways to settle disputes.
- Liddell & Scott's Greek Lexicon is a universally accepted standard among scholars.
- Many listeners are, rightly, suspicious of free jazz as a refuge for those who simply cannnot "play" in the accepted sense.
- Technically, the title of this collection includes something of a misnomer since none of the works on the disc is a quintet in the accepted sense of the word.
- Cohabitation was still frowned upon, illegitimate births a stigma and the nuclear family the accepted way of doing things.
- Graber is now questioning other universally accepted truths.
- In the US, the widely accepted rule is that if your front (porch) light is on, you're welcome to trick-or-treaters at your door, and you'll have candy.
- The health of all Americans could benefit from the use of de-identified data to meet widely accepted public health objectives.
- It's a commonly accepted practice that government contracts should go to the lowest bidder.
- The McKinsey study also confirms the widely accepted belief that price is important, and only when electric cars get closer to the price of comparable gasoline cars will there be a true mass market for them.
- Dexter contradicted all the accepted norms of TV drama.
- There was a time when "gaol" was the accepted spelling in Australia.
- Typically, any article about the model contains hypocritical comments about her not being the accepted standard of beauty.