[QUOTE] [B][SIZE="4"]"accepted"[/SIZE][/B] [B]adjective[/B] [LIST=1] [*]generally approved or compelling recognition; "several accepted techniques for treating the condition"; "his recognized superiority in this kind of work" [syn: [URL="http://www.word.sc/recognized"]recognized[/URL], [URL="http://www.word.sc/recognised"]recognised[/URL]] [*]generally agreed upon; not subject to dispute; "the accepted interpretation of the poem"; "an accepted theory" [syn: [URL="http://www.word.sc/undisputed"]undisputed[/URL]] [*]generally accepted or used; "accepted methods of harmony and melody"; "three accepted types of pump" [*]judged to be in conformity with approved usage; "acceptable English usage" [syn: [URL="http://www.word.sc/acceptable"]acceptable[/URL]] [*]widely or permanently accepted; "an accepted precedent" [*]widely accepted as true or worthy; "the accepted wisdom about old age"; "a received moral idea"; "Received political wisdom says not; surveys show otherwise"- Economist [syn: [URL="http://www.word.sc/received"]received[/URL]] [/LIST] Source: [URL="http://www.word.sc/accepted"]http://www.word.sc/accepted[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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