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Definition: Acceptability |
AcceptabilityNoun1. Satisfactoriness by virtue of conforming to approved standards. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Acceptability \Ac*cept`a*bil"i*ty\, noun. [from Late Latin expression acceptabilitas.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Chemistry | State of a product favourably received by an individual or population in terms of its organoleptic attributes. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: AcceptabilitySynonym: acceptableness (n). (additional references) |
| Antonym: unacceptability (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Acceptability |
| English words defined with "acceptability": admissibility ♦ sounding board. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "acceptability": FINAL INSPECTOR ♦ GLASS CHECKER ♦ IDENTIFICATION CLERK, INSPECTOR, HEALTH CARE FACILITIES, INSPECTOR, HEATING AND REFRIGERATION ♦ NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTER ♦ ORDNANCE ENGINEER ♦ packing inspector ♦ quality criteria ♦ reinspector ♦ security clerk ♦ ULTRASONIC TESTER, UNDERWRITER, MORTGAGE LOAN. (references) |
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Health | The effectiveness, complications, and acceptability vary among the three types of prostheses, with the main problems being mechanical failure, infection, and erosions. (references) | |
A better understanding of the neurohumoral control of intestinal secretion and its potential interaction with microbial enterotoxins may help in the design of more rational therapeutic strategies for TD. Further study of antisecretory and absorption-enhancing agents may improve pharmacologic therapy and enhance the efficacy and acceptability of oral replacement solutions. (references) | ||
Business | They are considered as training wheels into the Mexican market, with reduced costs and accurate feedback on the acceptability of their products. (references) | |
Economic History | Italy | Trademark applications are examined for acceptability of their format and consistency with the laws. (references) |
Tunisia | LOCAL ATTORNEYS OR MARKETING SPECIALISTS CAN ADVISE FOREIGNERS ON THE ACCEPTABILITY OF VARIOUS ASPECTS OF A PROMOTIONAL CAMPAIGN. (references) | |
Philippines | An APA is an agreement on the acceptability of a transfer price for a related party transaction--binding among the BIR, IRS and the taxpayer, and is valid for a stipulated time period, but renewable. (references) | |
Human Rights | Kenya | However, the social acceptability of mob violence also provided apparent cover for personal vengeance under the guise of "mob justice." In late April in a Nairobi slum, following beatings of two gang members by residents angered over recent gang muggings, the remaining gang members attacked the residents; seven people were killed in the ensuing violence. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Acceptability" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Acceptability" is used about 272 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 272 | 17,812 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
acceptability assignment center ehs environmental forklift guidelines health industrial powered pps safety truck | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "acceptability"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | pranueshmëri (eligibility). (various references) | |
Arabic | المقبولية. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | приемливост (admissibility, eligibility, plausibility), допустимост (admissibility, tolerance). (various references) | |
Chinese | 可接受性. (various references) | |
Czech | přijatelnost (plausibility). (various references) | |
Danish | acceptabilitet. (various references) | |
Dutch | aanvaardbaarheid. (various references) | |
Finnish | hyväksyttävyys. (various references) | |
French | acceptabilité. (various references) | |
German | Annehmbarkeit. (various references) | |
Greek | αποδεκτό (receivability), το αποδεκτόν. (various references) | |
Hebrew | קבילות, "תקבלות (acceptance, receiving). (various references) | |
Hungarian | elfogadhatóság (plausibility). (various references) | |
Italian | accettabilit . (various references) | |
Korean | 합격 (Acceptance). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | acceptabilityay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | aceitabilidade (acceptableness). (various references) | |
Romanian | caracter acceptabil. (various references) | |
Russian | приемлемость (acceptableness, eligibility, supportability). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | prihvatljivost. (various references) | |
Spanish | aceptabilidad (acceptableness). (various references) | |
Swedish | godtagbarhet. (various references) | |
Turkish | uygunluk (accordance, adaptation, adequacy, advisability, appositeness, aptitude, coherence, coherency, comeliness, compatibility, concord, conformation, conformity, congeniality, congruence, congruity, convenience, correctitude, correctness, correspondence, decency, expedience, expediency, felicity, fidelity, fitness, handiness, happiness, opportuneness, pertinence, propitiousness, propriety, relevance, relevancy, seemliness, sufficiency, suitability), kabul edilebilirlik (admissibility). (various references) | |
Ukranian | прийнятність (admissibility, eligibility). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | tính chất có thể chấp nhận tính chất có thể thừa nhận. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "acceptability": unacceptability. (additional references) | |
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"Acceptability" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: assertibility. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "acceptability" (pronounced ukse'ptubi"lutē) |
| 11 | -s e' p t u b i" l u t ē | susceptibility. |
| 9 | -p t u b i" l u t ē | adaptability. |
| 8 | -t u b i" l u t ē | compatibility, convertibility, deductibility, electability, incompatibility, indestructibility, inevitability, instability, irritability, marketability, palatability, portability, predictability, profitability, respectability, stability, suitability, unpredictability. |
| 7 | -u b i" l u t ē | ability, accessibility, admissibility, advisability, affordability, amiability, applicability, availability, believability, capability, comparability, comprehensibility, credibility, culpability, debility, deniability, dependability, desirability, disability, durability, eligibility, enforceability, fallibility, feasibility, flammability, flexibility, gullibility, impossibility, inability, inaccessibility, infallibility, inflexibility, invincibility, invisibility, invulnerability, irresponsibility, legibility, liability, malleability, maneuverability, miscibility, permeability, plausibility, possibility, probability, readability, reliability, responsibility, sensibility, survivability, sustainability, transferability, unavailability, unreliability, variability, viability, visibility, vulnerability. |
| 6 | -b i" l u t ē | immobility, mobility, nobility. |
| 5 | -i" l u t ē | agility, civility, docility, ductility, facility, fertility, fragility, futility, gentility, hostility, humility, incivility, infertility, motility, nonutility, senility, sterility, tranquility, utility, versatility, virility, volatility. |
| 4 | -l u t ē | abnormality, accountability, actuality, banality, bestiality, bisexuality, brutality, causality, centrality, collegiality, commonality, conditionality, confidentiality, congeniality, constitutionality, credulity, criminality, criticality, cyclicality, dimensionality, duality, equality, eventuality, extraterritoriality, fatality, fidelity, finality, formality, frivolity, frugality, functionality, generality, geniality, heterosexuality, homosexuality, hospitality, illegality, immorality, immortality, impartiality, impersonality, incredulity, individuality, inequality, infidelity, informality, instrumentality, irrationality, legality, lethality, liberality, locality, materiality, mentality, modality, morality, mortality, municipality, musicality, mutuality, nationality, neutrality, normality, originality, partiality, personality, plurality, polity, practicality, principality, proportionality, punctuality, quality, rationality, reality, seasonality, sensuality, sentimentality, sexuality, speciality, spirituality, technicality, theatricality, tonality, totality, triviality, universality, unreality, venality, vitality. |
| 3 | -u t ē | absurdity, acidity, activity, acuity, adversity, affinity, aggressivity, alacrity, alkalinity, ambiguity, amenity, amity, analyticity, animosity, annuity, anonymity, antiquity, anxiety, atrocity, audacity, austerity, authenticity, authority, barbarity, biodiversity, brevity, calamity, capacity, captivity, cavity, celebrity, charity, chastity, clarity, commodity, community, complexity, complicity, conductivity, conformity, congruity, connectivity, continuity, creativity, crotchety, curiosity, deformity, deity, density, depravity, deputy, dexterity, dignity, discontinuity, disparity, dissimilarity, disunity, diversity, divinity, domesticity, duplicity, eccentricity, elasticity, electricity, enmity, enormity, entity, equanimity, equity, eternity, ethnicity, exclusivity, expressivity, extremity, falsity, familiarity, Felicity, femininity, ferocity, festivity, fluidity, fraternity, generosity, gratuity, gravity, heredity, heterogeneity, hilarity, homogeneity, humanity, humidity, hyperactivity, hypersensitivity, identity, illiquidity, immaturity, immunity, impropriety, impunity, impurity, inactivity, incapacity, incongruity, indemnity, indignity, inequity, inferiority, infinity, infirmity, ingenuity, inhumanity, insanity, insecurity, insensitivity, insularity, integrity, intensity, irregularity, laity, laxity, levity, liquidity, lividity, longevity, majority, masculinity, maternity, maturity, mediocrity, mendacity, minority, modernity, monstrosity, morbidity, multiplicity, nativity, necessity, negativity, Nonconformity, nonentity, notoriety, nudity, obesity, objectivity, obscenity, obscurity, oddity, opacity, opportunity, overcapacity, oversensitivity, parity, particularity, passivity, paternity, paucity, peculiarity, perpetuity, perplexity, perversity, piety, polarity, pomposity, popularity, posterity, priority, probity, proclivity, productivity, profanity, progressivity, promiscuity, propensity, propriety, prosperity, proximity, publicity, purity, quantity, radioactivity, rapidity, rarity, reactivity, receptivity, reciprocity, reflexivity, regularity, relativity, religiosity, retroactivity, rickety, rigidity, salinity, sanctity, sanity, scarcity, security, selectivity, seniority, sensitivity, serendipity, serenity, severity, similarity, simplicity, sincerity, sobriety, society, solemnity, solidarity, solidity, sorority, specificity, spontaneity, stupidity, subjectivity, superconductivity, superfluidity, superiority, supermajority, surety, temerity, tenacity, timidity, toxicity, Trinity, turbidity, ubiquity, unanimity, unfamiliarity, uniformity, unity, university, unpopularity, uppity, validity, vanity, variety, varsity, velocity, velvety, veracity, Verity, vicinity, virginity, virtuosity, viscosity, voracity, vulgarity. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-b-c-c-e-i-i-l-p-t-t-y" | |
-3 letters: acceptably, actability, capability, cataleptic. | |
-4 letters: catalytic. | |
-5 letters: acetylic, apatetic, atypical, biacetyl, calycate, capacity, capitate, cattleya, celibacy, ecliptic, pitiable, pitiably, pyelitic, tactical. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-b-c-c-e-i-i-l-p-t-t-y" | |
+2 letters: unacceptability. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 63 63 65 70 74 61 62 69 6C 69 74 79 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- -.-. -.-. . .--. - .- -... .. .-.. .. - -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01100011 01100011 01100101 01110000 01110100 01100001 01100010 01101001 01101100 01101001 01110100 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A c c e p t a b i l i t y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0063 0063 0065 0070 0074 0061 0062 0069 006C 0069 0074 0079 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)35696971828667687578758691 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Non-fiction 6. Usage Frequency 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Derivations 10. Rhymes 11. Anagrams 12. Orthography | 13. Bibliography |
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