"accepted" meaning in English

See accepted in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /əkˈsɛp.tɪd/ [UK], /ɪkˈsɛp.tɪd/ [US] Audio: en-us-accepted.ogg [US] Forms: accepted [positive], more accepted [comparative], most accepted [superlative]
Head templates: {{adj|more=true}} [POS TABLE]
  1. Accepted ideas are agreed by most people to be correct or reasonable.
    Sense id: simple-accepted-en-adj-o19DEAKy

Verb

IPA: /əkˈsɛp.tɪd/ [UK], /ɪkˈsɛp.tɪd/ [US] Audio: en-us-accepted.ogg [US] Forms: accept [canonical], accepts [third-person, singular], accepted [past], accepted [past, participle], accepting [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb|accept}} [POS TABLE]
  1. The past tense and past participle of accept.
    Sense id: simple-accepted-en-verb-MHY21d6G
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      "homophones": [
        "excepted"
      ]
    }
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    },
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        {
          "text": "There is no generally accepted definition of life."
        },
        {
          "text": "It is accepted wisdom that science has been partly responsible for the decline of religion."
        }
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    },
    {
      "form": "more accepted",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
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      "tags": [
        "superlative"
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        {
          "text": "There is no generally accepted definition of life."
        },
        {
          "text": "It is accepted wisdom that science has been partly responsible for the decline of religion."
        }
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      ]
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      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-accepted.ogg",
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      "homophones": [
        "excepted"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "accepted"
}

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