acceptability
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English
[edit ]Etymology
[edit ]From Latin acceptābilitās .[1] By surface analysis, accept + -ability .
Pronunciation
[edit ]- (Received Pronunciation ) IPA (key): /ˌækˌsɛp.təˈbɪl.ɪ.ti/
- (General American , Canada ) IPA (key): /ˌækˌsɛp.təˈbɪl.ə.ti/, [ˌækˌsɛp.təˈbɪl.ə.ɾi]
- (Australia ) IPA (key): /ˌækˌsep.təˈbɪl.ə.ti/, [ˌækˌsep.təˈbɪl.ə.ɾi]
Noun
[edit ]acceptability (countable and uncountable , plural acceptabilities )
- The quality of being acceptable; acceptableness.
- 1660, Jeremy Taylor, "Of the Nature, Excellencies, Uses and Intention of the Holy Sacrament of the Lords Supper. Sect[ion] III. That in the Sacrament of the Lords Supper there are Represented and Exhibited Many Great Blessings upon the Special Account of that Sacred Ministery, Prooved in General.", in The Worthy Communicant or A Discourse of the Nature, Effects, and Blessings Consequent to the Worthy Receiving of the Lords Supper [...], London: [...] R. Norton for John Martyn, James Allestry, and Thomas Dicas [...], published 1661, →OCLC, pages 47–48:
- Therefore vve eat Christs spiritual body, because he hath given us his natural body to be broken and his natural blood to be shed, for the remission of sins, and for the obtaining the grace and acceptability of repentance.
- 1954, Edward Molloy, John Patrick Hawker, Television Engineers' Pocket Book, page 27:
- The acceptability of a television picture is also governed by its size, colour and freedom from interfering signals, flicker and lininess.
- (military ) Operation plan review criterion. The determination as to whether the contemplated course of action is worth the cost in manpower, materiel, and time involved; is consistent with the law of war; and is militarily and politically supportable. (JP 1-02 Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms)
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[edit ]acceptableness
- Armenian: ընդունելիություն (hy) (ənduneliutʻyun)
- Bulgarian: приемливост (priemlivost), допустимост (dopustimost)
- Catalan: acceptabilitat f
- Czech: přijatelnost f
- Finnish: hyväksyttävyys (fi)
- French: acceptabilité (fr) f
- Galician: aceptabilidade (gl) f
- German: Zulässigkeit f
- Hindi: स्वीकार्यता f (svīkāryatā)
- Hungarian: elfogadhatóság (hu)
- Italian: accettabilità (it) f
- Japanese: 受容性 (juyōsei)
- Malay: kebolehterimaan
- Polish: akceptowalność (pl) f
- Portuguese: aceitabilidade f
- Romanian: acceptabilitate f
- Russian: прие́млемость (ru) f (prijémlemostʹ), допусти́мость (ru) f (dopustímostʹ)
- Spanish: aceptabilidad (es) f
- Swedish: godtagbarhet (sv) c
operation plan review criterion
- Finnish: hyväksyttävyys (fi)
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- Telugu: (please verify) అంగీకార యోగ్యం (aṅgīkāra yōgyaṁ)
See also
[edit ]References
[edit ]- ^ "acceptability, n.", in OED Online Paid subscription required , Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
Further reading
[edit ]- "acceptability", in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary , Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), "acceptability", in The Century Dictionary [...], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
- "acceptability", in OneLook Dictionary Search.
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