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ac·cept·a·ble
(ăk-sĕp′tə-bəl)adj.
1. Adequate to satisfy a need, requirement, or standard; satisfactory: an acceptable excuse; acceptable behavior. See Synonyms at sufficient.
2. Satisfactory but not superior; passable: The restaurant was acceptable but did not live up to its reputation. See Synonyms at average.
ac·cept′a·bil′i·ty, ac·cept′a·ble·ness n.
ac·cept′a·bly adv.
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Adv. | 1. | ![]() intolerably, unacceptably - to an unacceptable degree; "The percentage of lead in our drinking water is unacceptably high" |
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Translations
بِصُورَة مَقْبُولَة
přijatelně
acceptabelt
elfogadhatóan
bærilega, nægjanlega
prijateľne
kabul edilebilecek düzeyde/şekilde
acceptably
[əkˈseptəblɪ] ADV2. (= satisfactorily) [play, sing] → razonablemente bien
inflation is now acceptably low → la inflación es ahora lo suficientemente baja
inflation is now acceptably low → la inflación es ahora lo suficientemente baja
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
acceptably
[əkˈsɛptəbli] adv (= suitably) [behave] → comme il faut
(= adequately) [perform] → convenablement
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
acceptably
adv
(= sufficiently) acceptably accurate/safe → ausreichend or hinlänglich genau/sicher; noise levels were acceptably low → der Lärmpegel war erträglich
(= adequately) → akzeptabel, angemessen
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
accept
(əkˈsept) verb1. to take (something offered). He accepted the gift.
2. to believe in, agree to or acknowledge. We accept your account of what happened; Their proposal was accepted; He accepted responsibility for the accident.
acˈceptable adjective1. satisfactory. The decision should be acceptable to most people.
2. pleasing. a very acceptable gift.
acˈceptably adverbacˈceptance noun
We have had few acceptances to our invitation.
acˈcepted adjective generally recognized. It is an accepted fact that the world is round.
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