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Definition of acceptation in English: acceptationnoun ˌaksɛpˈteɪʃ(ə)nˌæksɛpˈteɪʃ(ə)n A particular sense or the generally recognized meaning (common acceptation) of a word or phrase. （词或短语的）特殊含义；通用意义 Example sentencesExamples - In both cases, Smith does go on, leaving the derivation of terms from their origins aside, to give the usual post-1688 acceptations, as in ‘Whig history.’
- If a traveler comes here from Ethiopia, from Australia, or from Great Britain,… he has a right to the protection of the laws, but he is not a citizen in the ordinary acceptation of the word.
- Nonspecialists may also be confused by Riegl's use of style concepts like Mannerism and Baroque and other technical terms in senses that differ somewhat from their customary present acceptations.
- He would now be quite interested in the various usages of the term, its numerous acceptations and definitions, and the way it has infiltrated the discourse in and on the arts.
- The powers that are conferred on the trustee, or manager, do not convert the unit trusts into discretionary trusts in the normal acceptation of that term.
- The word ‘malice’ in that definition does not mean the word ‘malice’ in the common acceptation or parlance implies.
- 1 By no means, however, does there exist a consensus on the proper acceptation of the term.
- From these definitions it follows that the word probability, in its mathematical acceptation, has reference to the state of our knowledge of the circumstances under which an event may happen or fail.
OriginLate Middle English (originally in the sense 'favourable reception, approval'): from late Latin acceptatio(n-), from the verb acceptare (see accept). The current sense dates from the early 17th century. Definition of acceptation in US English: acceptationnounˌaksepˈtāSH(ə)nˌæksɛpˈteɪʃ(ə)n A particular sense or the generally recognized meaning (common acceptation) of a word or phrase. （词或短语的）特殊含义；通用意义 Example sentencesExamples - In both cases, Smith does go on, leaving the derivation of terms from their origins aside, to give the usual post-1688 acceptations, as in ‘Whig history.’
- He would now be quite interested in the various usages of the term, its numerous acceptations and definitions, and the way it has infiltrated the discourse in and on the arts.
- If a traveler comes here from Ethiopia, from Australia, or from Great Britain,… he has a right to the protection of the laws, but he is not a citizen in the ordinary acceptation of the word.
- 1 By no means, however, does there exist a consensus on the proper acceptation of the term.
- The powers that are conferred on the trustee, or manager, do not convert the unit trusts into discretionary trusts in the normal acceptation of that term.
- From these definitions it follows that the word probability, in its mathematical acceptation, has reference to the state of our knowledge of the circumstances under which an event may happen or fail.
- The word ‘malice’ in that definition does not mean the word ‘malice’ in the common acceptation or parlance implies.
- Nonspecialists may also be confused by Riegl's use of style concepts like Mannerism and Baroque and other technical terms in senses that differ somewhat from their customary present acceptations.
OriginLate Middle English (originally in the sense ‘favorable reception, approval’): from late Latin acceptatio(n-), from the verb acceptare (see accept). The current sense dates from the early 17th century. |