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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
acceptance
noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
gain acceptance
▪ The theory has gradually gained acceptance among scientists.
sb's acceptance speech (=when they accept a political job, a prize, or an award)
▪ In his acceptance speech, he paid tribute to his wife.
whole-hearted support/acceptance/cooperation etc
▪ Montgomery’s new style of leadership met with Leslie’s whole-hearted approval.
widespread support/acceptance/criticism/condemnation etc
▪ There was widespread support for the war.
▪ The storm caused widespread damage.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
formal
▪ Such a sweeping interpretation can be challenged by distinguishing between the formal acceptance of reform institutions from their operation in practice.
general
▪ Products will be sought that minimise the risk of failure, however small, and carry general acceptance in a particular role.
▪ Previously, scientific evidence was allowed only if it had gained the general acceptance of the scientific community.
▪ It was not until 1838 that there was general acceptance that the two diseases were distinct.
▪ There was a general acceptance of the need for further and continuing training with greater emphasis on efficient production as opposed to increased production.
▪ Still, general acceptance was slow in coming.
▪ There was a massive concentration of scientific effort in this area in the decades immediately following the general acceptance of evolutionism.
▪ However the major obstacle to general acceptance was one of incompatibility between different manufacturers' machines.
great
▪ In California, especially in San Francisco, there is a great acceptance of the unusual.
▪ Because depressed adolescents often feel a greater need for acceptance, they may be more likely to smoke if their peers do.
passive
▪ And without me the school might sink into torpor. Passive acceptance would be the order of the day.
▪ This school is too awful to deserve passive acceptance.
▪ Analytical reading of history texts should never permit a passive acceptance of other people's interpretations of the past.
▪ A religious insight like Julian's shows that a passive, unquestioning acceptance of received dogma is not enough.
▪ Yet because of their passive acceptance of the ministrations of their neighbours they become the focus of attention.
public
▪ Undoubtedly, public acceptance of the physically handicapped will be easier to achieve.
▪ Maximum public acceptance will require that interactive catalog services have a more entertaining visual appearance than traditional text-intensive catalogs have had.
▪ And yet surprisingly little is known about the factors which make for public acceptance.
▪ The problem is that its public acceptance might throw into question claims of ownership to intelligence and belonging.
▪ The emphasis is on public acceptance of new technologies as a variable in national economic performance.
▪ While this does not necessarily imply causality, it does suggest that the climate was compatible with public acceptance.
▪ Birth control advocates began to think they could gain more public acceptance on their own.
ready
▪ The important thing is to harness growth to self-knowledge, a ready acceptance of change, swift-moving business practice and sound judgement.
▪ The ready acceptance of children's testimony was not the only disturbing fact surrounding the executions.
social
▪ Frustrated by his lack of social acceptance he retreats into a world of fantasy and self-delusion ... with tragic results.
▪ They are about the need for social acceptance and, frequently, about the need to be sexually attractive.
unconditional
▪ However, in order to create the contract, the acceptance must be a total and unconditional acceptance of the offer.
▪ Therefore there are inevitable limitations and conditions when we attempt to gain unconditional acceptance from other people.
uncritical
▪ Nevertheless, uncritical acceptance of the results of classical twin studies may have misled a generation of researchers.
▪ Researchers may be unaware of their uncritical acceptance of categories and consequent results.
wide
▪ It is the latter definition that is gaining the widest acceptance.
▪ Throughout the winter, Kea and Kathy had plotted strategies to gain the Working Groups wider acceptance in the parish.
▪ The wide acceptance of this style guide, and similar ones in other disciplines, suggests that it fills a need.
▪ Pressure for equal opportunities has encouraged its wider acceptance.
▪ Among western specialists many revisionist arguments have begun to gain a wide measure of acceptance.
widespread
▪ There is, it is heartening to note, quite widespread acceptance that language is significant in all subject areas.
▪ The final deterrent to widespread acceptance of encryption is its difficulty to use.
▪ This may seem surprising in view of the widespread acceptance of monarchy.
▪ Marquez had expected an immediate and widespread acceptance, but only a few rallied to his standard.
▪ Many of the new hymn books include worship songs and they find widespread acceptance.
▪ Nor has there been widespread acceptance of his proposed cures.
▪ Worship songs are also beginning to find widespread acceptance.
▪ As the code gained widespread acceptance, certain logical consequences followed in its wake.
■ NOUN
rate
▪ The acceptance rate among potential volunteers would appear to vary around the country.
speech
▪ His acceptance speech, made on the following evening, was well delivered but generally perceived as lacking in detail.
▪ In his acceptance speech, Kemp sought to reach out to those voters with references to the legacy of the Rev.
▪ In his acceptance speech to the Assembly on Oct. 20 Berri appealed for national reconciliation.
▪ Both Dole and Kemp will be officially nominated Wednesday night and will deliver their acceptance speeches Thursday night.
▪ In his Nobel Prize acceptance speech, Claude Simon also considered marginalized writing to be subverting totalitarian political control at least implicitly.
▪ Then he reaches into the pocket of his tuxedo and produces his type-written acceptance speech.
▪ In his acceptance speech, he said that the Government's economic policy was damaging business in the north-east.
▪ Still, it was superior to the acceptance speech delivered by Clinton two weeks later in Chicago.
■ VERB
find
▪ I hope not because Britain is essentially a decent place to take refuge and find acceptance.
▪ But in many ways, Czerkawski never found acceptance in Boston.
▪ Because these would offend canons of justice which find acceptance among a large proportion of the population.
▪ This myth, which so pleased the masters, did not find acceptance among slaves.
▪ For this sort of reason rejuvenated hidden variable theories have not found much acceptance among professional quantum mechanics.
▪ I found acceptance in my music, so -- no matter what I was -- they liked my music.
▪ Many of the new hymn books include worship songs and they find widespread acceptance.
▪ Worship songs are also beginning to find widespread acceptance.
gain
▪ Even so, the idea gained complete acceptance only early this century.
▪ Previously, scientific evidence was allowed only if it had gained the general acceptance of the scientific community.
▪ It is the latter definition that is gaining the widest acceptance.
▪ Unions, factory Inspection, the regulation of the hours of women and children had gained acceptance.
▪ In addition to this, every vision is surrounded by a kind of halo designed to gain its acceptance.
▪ What he said in 1 714, perhaps in jest, later gained acceptance as the perfect moniker for the marine timekeeper.
▪ It is not possible to enter into this debate here, for as yet these ideas have not gained universal acceptance.
imply
▪ A re-check should never be necessary, since this only implies the acceptance of a half-hearted check in the first place.
▪ Entry to the competition implies acceptance of these rules.
▪ Entry to this competition implies acceptance of the rules as final and legally binding.
▪ Self-administration is important because it implies the acceptance by the patient that he has diabetes and realises the importance of self-reliance.
▪ They are intimately connected, for as this chapter will show, acceptance of monetary union implies defacto acceptance of political union.
▪ The use of some Keynesian terms by Treasury officials does not imply the acceptance of Keynes's precepts.
▪ This does not necessarily imply acceptance of these images since they may be seen as unacceptable in their own right.
▪ Note that an attempt to introduce universal marginal benefit taxation implies the acceptance of the statusquo.
lead
▪ This can lead to unquestioning acceptance of what is really a hypothetical diagnosis.
▪ Don't be fooled into thinking that familiarity will lead to acceptance - it does not work like that.
▪ In turn, this can lead to an acceptance of physical ill-health that would not be tolerated by younger people.
▪ This can lead to fervent acceptance or rejection uninformed by understanding, the imposition of one mode of thinking on another.
receive
▪ Its consensus rulings have received widespread acceptance, establishing the body as an authoritative source of interpretation.
▪ I've now received the acceptance from the headmaster of the Secondary School.
▪ Though a statement of Catholic doctrine, it has received widespread acceptance.
require
▪ However, taking account of dignity requires the acceptance of any necessary trade-offs between it and other valued objectives.
▪ The flavor is different from that of pasteurized milk and this may mean that time will be required for consumer acceptance.
win
▪ The plan enhanced Chapman's fame in the football world generally, but it was too radical to win immediate acceptance.
▪ Moreover, surveys reveal that the process committee overlay to the traditionally managed organization is winning limited employee acceptance at best.
▪ They have been most successful when they have been able to win the trust and acceptance of the other management board members.
▪ The Dvorak keyboard may also be winning more commercial acceptance.
▪ Its processes must be open if it is to win understanding and acceptance.
▪ Many of their innovative ideas lost money and failed to win acceptance by customers.
▪ Mr Cates thinks there are three main reasons why intangibles are winning only grudging acceptance.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ A part of me still longs for my father's approval and acceptance.
▪ By the end of the story, Nicholas has moved toward acceptance of his fate.
▪ Upper management's acceptance of the marketing plan is crucial.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Characteristically, the patriarchy thesis generates a revolutionary ideology rather than a fatalistic acceptance of determinism and relativism.
▪ Jinnah was now free to cancel his acceptance of the scheme.
▪ Now it looks as though its indifference may turn to acceptance.
▪ Realism signifies a love, or at least an acceptance, of diversity.
▪ Still, general acceptance was slow in coming.
▪ Students often have a good idea of what scores they need on college-entrance exams to earn acceptance letters and scholarships.
▪ The plan enhanced Chapman's fame in the football world generally, but it was too radical to win immediate acceptance.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Acceptance

Acceptance \Ac*cept"ance\, n.

  1. The act of accepting; a receiving what is offered, with approbation, satisfaction, or acquiescence; esp., favorable reception; approval; as, the acceptance of a gift, office, doctrine, etc.

    They shall come up with acceptance on mine altar.
    --Isa. lx. 7.

  2. State of being accepted; acceptableness. ``Makes it assured of acceptance.''
    --Shak.

  3. (Com.)

    1. An assent and engagement by the person on whom a bill of exchange is drawn, to pay it when due according to the terms of the acceptance.

    2. The bill itself when accepted.

  4. An agreeing to terms or proposals by which a bargain is concluded and the parties are bound; the reception or taking of a thing bought as that for which it was bought, or as that agreed to be delivered, or the taking possession as owner.

  5. (Law) An agreeing to the action of another, by some act which binds the person in law.

    Note: What acts shall amount to such an acceptance is often a question of great nicety and difficulty.
    --Mozley & W.

    Note: In modern law, proposal and acceptance are the constituent elements into which all contracts are resolved.

    acceptance of a bill of exchange, acceptance of a check, acceptance of a draft, or acceptance of an order, is an engagement to pay it according to the terms. This engagement is usually made by writing the word ``accepted'' across the face of the bill.

    Acceptance of goods, under the statute of frauds, is an intelligent acceptance by a party knowing the nature of the transaction.

  6. Meaning; acceptation. [Obs.]

    Acceptance of persons, partiality, favoritism. See under Accept.

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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
acceptance

1570s, from Middle French acceptance, from accepter (see accept). Earlier in same sense was acceptation (late 14c.).

Wiktionary
acceptance

n. 1 The act of accepting; a receiving of something offered, with approbation, satisfaction, or acquiescence; especially, favorable reception; approval 2 Belief in something; agreement; assent. 3 State of being accepted. 4 (context business finance English) An assent and engagement by the person on whom a bill of exchange is drawn, to pay it when due according to the terms of the acceptance. 5 (context business finance English) The bill of exchange itself when accepted. 6 An agreeing to terms or proposals by which a bargain is concluded and the parties are bound; the reception or taking of a thing bought as that for which it was bought, or as that agreed to be delivered, or the taking possession as owner. 7 (context legal English) An agreeing to the action of another, by some act which binds the person in law. 8 (context US government English) The act of an authorized representative of the Government by which the Government assents to ownership by it of existing and identified supplies, or approves specific services rendered, as partial or complete performance of a contract. 9 The usual or accepted meaning of a word or expression. 10 (context Australia New Zealand pluralonly English) A list of horses accepted as starters in a race.

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WordNet
acceptance

  1. n. the mental attitude that something is believable and should be accepted as true; "he gave credence to the gossip"; "acceptance of Newtonian mechanics was unquestioned for 200 years" [syn: credence]

  2. the act of accepting with approval; favorable reception; "its adoption by society"; "the proposal found wide acceptance" [syn: adoption, acceptation, espousal]

  3. the state of being acceptable and accepted; "torn jeans received no acceptance at the country club" [ant: rejection]

  4. (contract law) words signifying consent to the terms of an offer (thereby creating a contract)

  5. banking: a time draft drawn on and accepted by a bank [syn: banker's acceptance]

  6. a disposition to tolerate or accept people or situations; "all people should practice toleration and live together in peace" [syn: toleration, sufferance]

  7. the act of taking something that is offered; "her acceptance of the gift encouraged him"; "he anticipated their acceptance of his offer"

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Wikipedia
Acceptance

Acceptance in human psychology is a person's assent to the reality of a situation, recognizing a process or condition (often a negative or uncomfortable situation) without attempting to change it or protest. The concept is close in meaning to 'acquiescence', derived from the Latin 'acquiēscere' (to find rest in).

Acceptance (band)

Acceptance is an American alternative rock band from Seattle, Washington, formed in 1998. They released their first EP, Lost for Words, in 2000, followed by Black Lines to Battlefields in 2003 (this EP was also re-released with live bonus tracks). Their only album, Phantoms, was released in 2005.

On January 26, 2015, it was announced that Acceptance had reunited. The band consists of Jason, Christian, Kaylan, Garrett, Ryan, and Nick. They released their first song in over ten years called "Take You Away" on May 8, 2015.

Acceptance (disambiguation)

Acceptance is the experience of a situation without an intention to change that situation.

Acceptance may also refer to:

Acceptance (House)

Acceptance is the first episode of season 2, written by Russel Friend & Garrett Lerner and directed by Dan Attias. House and his team has to diagnose and cure a death row inmate

Acceptance (film)

Acceptance is a 2009 drama telefilm starring Mae Whitman and Joan Cusack. The movie was first aired on August 22, 2009, on Lifetime. This film is based on the book Acceptance: A Novel by Susan Coll. The film was directed by Sanaa Hamri.

Acceptance (Heroes)

"Acceptance" is the third episode of the fourth season of the NBC science fiction drama series Heroes and sixty-second episode overall. The episode has aired on October 5, 2009.

Acceptance (novel)

Acceptance is a 2014 novel by Jeff VanderMeer. It is the last in a series of three books called the Southern Reach Trilogy. It was released in the US on September 2, 2014. On March 15, 2014, Buzzfeed gave an exclusive first look at the cover to Acceptance along with an interview with Jeff VanderMeer.

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Usage examples of "acceptance".

He publicly chastised the cardinals for absenteeism, luxury, and lascivious life, forbade them to hold or sell plural benefices, prohibited their acceptance of pensions, gifts of money, and other favors from secular sources, ordered the papal treasurer not to pay them their customary half of the revenue from benefices but to use it for the restoration of churches in Rome.

Such a conception, appearing in a rude state of culture, before the lines between science, religion, and poetry had been sharply drawn, recommending itself alike by its simplicity and by its adaptedness to gratify curiosity and speculation in the formation of a thousand quaint and engaging hypotheses, would seem plausible, would be highly attractive, would very easily secure acceptance as a true doctrine.

In 1867 the debtor for the first time was permitted, either before or after adjudication of bankruptcy, to propose terms of composition which would become binding upon acceptance by a designated majority of his creditors and confirmation by a bankruptcy court.

If you scorn the maid at your window I will aerogram my immediate acceptance of a proposal of marriage that has been made to your poor Ada a month ago in Valentine State.

Cady said, and Agate was relieved to hear the acceptance in her voice.

I accepted his offer with gratitude, and going to my room I took out of my trunk the case of fine razors which the Greek had given me, and I begged his acceptance of it as a souvenir of me.

Grateful for that mark of propriety, I took out of my pocket the twelve pairs of gloves which I had bought in the morning, and after I had begged her acceptance of half a dozen pairs I gave the other six to my young friend.

He was one of the ones betting against the acceptance of the heir designation.

A few eyes had looked at him with interest, but when they touched on his makeshift star and coagulator, they had become blank with acceptance of things ordinary.

We were greatly pleased that her easy acceptance of my invitation, or my promptness in persuading her to follow and to trust me, could not be ascribed to the mutual attraction of our features, for I was masked, and her hood was then as good as a mask.

Sexton howl with delight, he went to his desk and penned a grateful acceptance to Miss Gordon, saying that although he was going away for a few days on a decanal tour, not even the Archbishop of Canterbury would keep him from her party.

Again there was a D, followed by a number and a signed form consenting to the acceptance of donated eggs.

It is the code word that must be uttered to gain acceptance into the halls of establishmentarian opinion.

He knew from many trifling signs, unnoticed by others, that Erica would have given a great deal to see her way to an honest acceptance of that teaching of Christ which spoke of an unseen but everywhere present Father of all, of the everlastingness of love, of a reunion with those who are dead.

She wrote a very short answer of acceptance, put a fivepenny stamp on the envelope and took it out at once to the post.