| acceptable | | |
| adj. | 1. acceptable | worthy of acceptance or satisfactory.; "acceptable levels of radiation"; "performances varied from acceptable to excellent" |
| ~ bankable | acceptable to or at a bank.; "bankable funds" |
| ~ unexceptionable, unimpeachable | completely acceptable; not open to exception or reproach.; "two unexceptionable witnesses"; "a judge's ethics should be unexceptionable" |
| ~ unobjectionable | not objectionable.; "the ends are unobjectionable; it's the means that one can't accept" |
| ~ satisfactory | giving satisfaction.; "satisfactory living conditions"; "his grades were satisfactory" |
| adj. | 2. acceptable | judged to be in conformity with approved usage.; "acceptable English usage" |
| ~ linguistics | the scientific study of language. |
| ~ received, standard | conforming to the established language usage of educated native speakers.; "standard English"; "received standard English is sometimes called the King's English" |
| adj. | 3. acceptable, satisfactory | meeting requirements.; "the step makes a satisfactory seat" |
| ~ good | having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified.; "good news from the hospital"; "a good report card"; "when she was good she was very very good"; "a good knife is one good for cutting"; "this stump will make a good picnic table"; "a good check"; "a good joke"; "a good exterior paint"; "a good secretary"; "a good dress for the office" |
| adj. | 4. acceptable | adequate for the purpose.; "the water was acceptable for drinking" |
| ~ fit | meeting adequate standards for a purpose.; "a fit subject for discussion"; "it is fit and proper that you be there"; "water fit to drink"; "fit for duty"; "do as you see fit to" |
| admissible | | |
| adj. | 1. admissible | deserving to be admitted.; "admissible evidence" |
| ~ admittable, admittible | deserving to be allowed to enter. |
| ~ allowable | deserving to be allowed or considered. |
| ~ permissible | that may be accepted or conceded.; "a kind of speculation that was permissible in cosmology but inadmissible in medicine" |
| eligible | | |
| adj. | 1. eligible | qualified for or allowed or worthy of being chosen.; "eligible to run for office"; "eligible for retirement benefits"; "an eligible bachelor" |
| ~ bailable | eligible for bail.; "a bailable defendant" |
| ~ desirable, suitable, worthy | worthy of being chosen especially as a spouse.; "the parents found the girl suitable for their son" |
| ~ entitled | qualified for by right according to law.; "we are all entitled to equal protection under the law" |
| ~ in line | awaiting something; especially something due.; "people were in line at the checkout counter"; "she was in line for promotion" |
| ~ legal | allowed by official rules.; "a legal pass receiver" |
| ~ pensionable | entitled to receive a pension.; "a pensionable employee" |
| ~ qualified | meeting the proper standards and requirements and training for an office or position or task.; "many qualified applicants for the job" |
| receive | | |
| v. (possession) | 1. have, receive | get something; come into possession of.; "receive payment"; "receive a gift"; "receive letters from the front" |
| ~ take up, take in | accept.; "The cloth takes up the liquid" |
| ~ hustle | get by trying hard.; "she hustled a free lunch from the waiter" |
| ~ accept | receive (a report) officially, as from a committee. |
| ~ fence | receive stolen goods. |
| ~ acquire, get | come into the possession of something concrete or abstract.; "She got a lot of paintings from her uncle"; "They acquired a new pet"; "Get your results the next day"; "Get permission to take a few days off from work" |
| ~ accept, take, have | receive willingly something given or offered.; "The only girl who would have him was the miller's daughter"; "I won't have this dog in my house!"; "Please accept my present" |
| ~ graduate | receive an academic degree upon completion of one's studies.; "She graduated in 1990" |
| ~ inherit | receive by genetic transmission.; "I inherited my good eyesight from my mother" |
| v. (change) | 2. find, get, incur, obtain, receive | receive a specified treatment (abstract).; "These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation"; "His movie received a good review"; "I got nothing but trouble for my good intentions" |
| ~ change | undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature.; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" |
| ~ take | ascertain or determine by measuring, computing or take a reading from a dial.; "take a pulse"; "A reading was taken of the earth's tremors" |
| ~ acquire, get | come into the possession of something concrete or abstract.; "She got a lot of paintings from her uncle"; "They acquired a new pet"; "Get your results the next day"; "Get permission to take a few days off from work" |
| v. (perception) | 3. pick up, receive | register (perceptual input).; "pick up a signal" |
| ~ perceive, comprehend | to become aware of through the senses.; "I could perceive the ship coming over the horizon" |
| ~ hear | receive a communication from someone.; "We heard nothing from our son for five years" |
| v. (perception) | 4. experience, get, have, receive | go through (mental or physical states or experiences).; "get an idea"; "experience vertigo"; "get nauseous"; "receive injuries"; "have a feeling" |
| ~ suffer, sustain, have, get | undergo (as of injuries and illnesses).; "She suffered a fracture in the accident"; "He had an insulin shock after eating three candy bars"; "She got a bruise on her leg"; "He got his arm broken in the scuffle" |
| ~ perceive, comprehend | to become aware of through the senses.; "I could perceive the ship coming over the horizon" |
| ~ undergo | pass through.; "The chemical undergoes a sudden change"; "The fluid undergoes shear"; "undergo a strange sensation" |
| ~ take | experience or feel or submit to.; "Take a test"; "Take the plunge" |
| ~ horripilate | have one's hair stand on end and get goosebumps.; "I horripilate when I see violence on television" |
| v. (contact) | 5. invite, receive, take in | express willingness to have in one's home or environs.; "The community warmly received the refugees" |
| ~ welcome | receive someone, as into one's house. |
| ~ absorb | assimilate or take in.; "The immigrants were quickly absorbed into society" |
| ~ see | receive as a specified guest.; "the doctor will see you now"; "The minister doesn't see anybody before noon" |
| ~ assume | take up someone's soul into heaven.; "This is the day when May was assumed into heaven" |
| ~ induct | admit as a member.; "We were inducted into the honor society" |
| v. (cognition) | 6. receive | accept as true or valid.; "He received Christ" |
| ~ accept | consider or hold as true.; "I cannot accept the dogma of this church"; "accept an argument" |
| v. (communication) | 7. receive, welcome | bid welcome to; greet upon arrival. |
| ~ greet, recognise, recognize | express greetings upon meeting someone. |
| v. (change) | 8. receive | convert into sounds or pictures.; "receive the incoming radio signals" |
| ~ convert | change the nature, purpose, or function of something.; "convert lead into gold"; "convert hotels into jails"; "convert slaves to laborers" |
| v. (stative) | 9. encounter, meet, receive | experience as a reaction.; "My proposal met with much opposition" |
| ~ experience, have | undergo.; "The stocks had a fast run-up" |
| v. (social) | 10. receive | have or give a reception.; "The lady is receiving Sunday morning" |
| ~ fete, celebrate | have a celebration.; "They were feting the patriarch of the family"; "After the exam, the students were celebrating" |
| v. (perception) | 11. get, receive | receive as a retribution or punishment.; "He got 5 years in prison" |
| ~ catch, get | suffer from the receipt of.; "She will catch hell for this behavior!" |
| v. (consumption) | 12. receive | partake of the Holy Eucharist sacrament. |
| ~ christian religion, christianity | a monotheistic system of beliefs and practices based on the Old Testament and the teachings of Jesus as embodied in the New Testament and emphasizing the role of Jesus as savior. |
| ~ partake, touch | consume.; "She didn't touch her food all night" |
| v. (cognition) | 13. receive | regard favorably or with disapproval.; "Her new collection of poems was not well received" |
| ~ consider, regard, view, reckon, see | deem to be.; "She views this quite differently from me"; "I consider her to be shallow"; "I don't see the situation quite as negatively as you do" |
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