1 agreed or approved of by most people in a society:
Children must learn socially acceptable behaviour.
2 ~ (to sb) that sb agrees is satisfactory or allowed:
We want a political solution that is acceptable to all parties. * For this course a pass in English at grade B is acceptable. * Air pollution in the city had reached four times the acceptable levels.
3 not very good but good enough:
The food was acceptable, but no more. -< ENOUGH
acceptability noun [U]
acceptably adverb
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is acceptable a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, acceptable is tagged as adjective.
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