ACCEPTED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does accepted mean? 

• ACCEPTED (adjective)
  The adjective ACCEPTED has 1 sense:

1. generally approved or compelling recognition

  Familiarity information: ACCEPTED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ACCEPTED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Generally approved or compelling recognition

Synonyms:

accepted; recognised; recognized

Context example:

his recognized superiority in this kind of work

Similar:

acknowledged (recognized or made known or admitted)

 Context examples 

Within the family it was accepted that Ruth and Martin were engaged, but no announcement was made.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

After three years expectation that things would mend, I accepted an advantageous offer from Captain William Prichard, master of the Antelope, who was making a voyage to the South Sea.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

Miss Mills accepted this trust, too; but was not sanguine.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

With condescension he accepted their condescension.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

Elizabeth accepted their company, and the three young ladies set off together.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

I accepted this as a hypothesis.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

And yet he would always wind up by muttering that no sister of his should ever have accepted such a situation.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Value of life? How could I answer the question on the spur of the moment? The sacredness of life I had accepted as axiomatic.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Buck had accepted the rope with quiet dignity.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

If I had not read Jonathan's journal first, I should never have accepted even a possibility.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)