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Acceptable Acceptably Acceptability Adjective Activities Situations People Approve

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Acceptable activities and situations are those that most people approve of or consider to be normal .
Is it acceptable for fans to boo their own side?
The air pollution exceeds most acceptable levels by 10 times or more.
...a greater acceptability of other accents.
The aim of discipline is to teach children to behave acceptably.
If something is acceptable to someone, they agree to consider it, use it, or allow it to happen .
They are working together to produce a plan that will be acceptable to all of them.
They recently failed to negotiate a mutually acceptable new contract.
If you describe something as acceptable, you mean that it is good enough or fairly good.
On the far side of the street was a restaurant that looked acceptable.
We've made an acceptable start, but it could've been better.
...a method that provides an acceptably accurate solution to a problem.
These exercises will result in your being able to hit the ball quite acceptably.
inflections acceptabilityacceptablyacceptably
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