accepted
Pronunciation[change]
- (UK) IPA (key): /əkˈsɛp.tɪd/ or /ækˈsɛp.tɪd/
- (US) IPA (key): /ɪkˈsɛp.tɪd/ or /ækˈsɛp.tɪd/ or /əkˈsɛp.tɪd/
Audio (US) (file) - Homophone: excepted
Verb[change]
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- The past tense and past participle of accept.
Adjective[change]
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- Accepted ideas are agreed by most people to be correct or reasonable.
- There is no generally accepted definition of life.
- It is accepted wisdom that science has been partly responsible for the decline of religion.