accepted

[ ak-sep-tid ]

/ ækˈsɛp tɪd /

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adjective

generally approved; usually regarded as normal, right, etc.: an accepted pronunciation of a word; an accepted theory.

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Origin of accepted

First recorded in 1485–95; accept + -ed²

OTHER WORDS FROM accepted

ac·cept·ed·ly, adverbqua·si-ac·cept·ed, adjectiveun·ac·cept·ed, adjectivewell-ac·cept·ed, adjective

Words nearby accepted

acceptance, acceptance region, acceptancy, acceptant, acceptation, accepted, accepted pairing, acceptee, accepter, accepting, accepting house

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How to use accepted in a sentence

If over the course of time their finding becomes accepted … it would demonstrate that amino acids, the basic building blocks of proteins, can be and have been formed outside the Earth.
50 years ago, scientists caught their first glimpse of amino acids from outer space|Maria Temming|December 4, 2020|Science News
The ranking compared deaths to average daily jail populations – a widely used and accepted method for analyzing jail death rates.
Obscure Sheriff’s Review Board Gets New Scrutiny in Court|Ashly McGlone|December 3, 2020|Voice of San Diego
The widely accepted view was that bird songs are long complex vocalizations produced by males during the breeding season, whereas such vocalizations in females are generally rare or abnormal.
Few people knew female birds had unique songs—until women started studying them|By Omland, Rose & Odom/The Conversation|September 28, 2020|Popular-Science
Recent studies of the cosmic microwave background suggested that the geometry of space may be curved instead of being simply flat, which is consistent with the most accepted theory of the big bang.
Dark Energy: Map Gives Clue About What It Is—but Deepens Dispute About the Cosmic Expansion Rate|Julian Bautista|July 31, 2020|Singularity Hub

The accepted idea had been that the earliest galaxies probably where not flat but shaped like a ball.
Oldest disk galaxy puts a new spin on galaxy growth|Lisa Grossman|June 30, 2020|Science News For Students
Many Jewish women have been accepted as conventional, mainstream hot.
Why Was Bess Myerson the First and Last Jewish Miss America?|Emily Shire|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
He later accepted a plea deal that put him behind bars for 25 years.
An Informant, a Missing American, and Juarez’s House of Death: Inside the 12-Year Cold Case of David Castro|Bill Conroy|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
For years, Brooke even had trouble finding a publisher for his memoir, which was ultimately accepted by Rutgers University Press.
Ed Brooke: The Senate's Civil Rights Pioneer and Prophet of a Post-Racial America|John Avlon|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Inquiries will be accepted only via Western Union telegram or rotary phone.
The World’s Toughest Political Quiz|Jeff Greenfield|December 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
When everyone is struggling, how much is to be offered to the more destitute, and how much is to be accepted?
This Week’s Hot Reads: December 22, 2014|Mythili Rao|December 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The young men gathered round him and offered him a cigar, which he accepted and began to smoke.
Music-Study in Germany|Amy Fay
He that adoreth God with joy, shall be accepted, and his prayer shall approach even to the clouds.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
This, however, should not be accepted as proving the presence of bile without further tests.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
Heresies for which men used to be burned alive are now openly accepted by the Church.
God and my Neighbour|Robert Blatchford
It would make a sensation, he thought; there was more than one generally accepted theory he had challenged or contradicted in it.
Uncanny Tales|Various

British Dictionary definitions for accepted

accepted

/ (əkˈsɛptɪd) /

adjective

commonly approved or recognized; customary; established

Derived forms of accepted

acceptedly, adverb

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