Basic Details
Word: Acceptable
Part of Speech: Adjective
Meaning: Good enough to be allowed, agreed to or accepted.
Synonyms: satisfactory, adequate, suitable, allowed
Antonyms: unacceptable, unsuitable
How to Spell Acceptable
Syllables: ac - cept - a - ble
Tricky part: The ending is able, not ible, and the double c of accept stays at the front.
Watch out for: acceptible, aceptable, acceptabel
Memory tip: If you are able to accept it, it is acceptable: accept + able, nothing more.
Usage Examples
Example 1: Is it acceptable to wear sports shoes with the school uniform?
Example 2: The hotel room was small but acceptable for one night.
Example 3: Ma said one hour of television on a school day was acceptable.
Fun Fact
Accept comes from Latin accipere, to take or receive, built from ad and capere, to take. Capere also gave English the word capture.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Makeup
Choose the suffix that completes the word:
accept____
a) abel
b) able
c) ible
d) eble
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b) able. Accept is a full word by itself, and full words like it usually take able.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the incorrectly spelt word:
a) aceptable
b) responsible
c) comfortable
d) valuable
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a) aceptable. Accept starts with cc, and acceptable keeps both c's.
Word Connection
Choose the antonym of the word:
acceptable
a) satisfactory
b) adequate
c) inadequate
d) proper
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c) inadequate. Something inadequate is not good enough, the opposite of acceptable.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
lacebtapce
a) peaceable
b) acceptance
c) accessible
d) acceptable
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d) acceptable. Peaceable is one c short, and acceptance swaps the b and l for an n and a third c.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. The teacher said Amit's handwriting was acceptable but could be neater. It was ____.
a) good enough
b) impossible to read
c) the best in class
d) perfect
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a) good enough
2. Which of these is NOT acceptable in an exam hall?
a) reading the questions carefully
b) writing neatly
c) checking your answers
d) copying from a friend
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d) copying from a friend
