acceptability

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /əkˌsɛptəˈbɪləti/ UK /əkˌsɛptəˈbɪləti/ See IPA manual

noun

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1

noun
the quality of being satisfactory or able to be agreed to

The committee debated the acceptability of the revised proposal.

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Synonyms

1 noun · the quality of being... adequacysatisfactorinessadmissibilitysuitability tolerability

Opposites

unacceptabilityinadmissibilityunsuitability

Word family

Related forms accept acceptable acceptance acceptably

Etymology

From acceptable + -ity, from Latin acceptāre ('to receive, accept'), frequentative of accipere, from ad- ('to') + capere ('to take').

acceptāre Latin capere Latin

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# acceptability

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** əkˌsɛptəˈbɪləti
**IPA (UK):** əkˌsɛptəˈbɪləti

## Meanings
1. the quality of being satisfactory or able to be agreed to

## Examples
- The committee debated the acceptability of the revised proposal.

## Synonyms
- adequacy
- satisfactoriness
- admissibility
- suitability
- tolerability

## Antonyms
- unacceptability
- inadmissibility
- unsuitability

## Related Forms
- accept
- acceptable
- acceptance
- acceptably

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: acceptāre
- Root: capere

## Etymology
From acceptable + -ity, from Latin acceptāre ('to receive, accept'), frequentative of accipere, from ad- ('to') + capere ('to take').

## AI Etymology
acceptability comes from acceptable + -ity, from Latin acceptāre ('to receive, accept'), frequentative of accipere, from ad- ('to') + capere ('to take'). Morphologically, the word is transparent: -ity is attached to the older base named in the history, so the modern form packages an inherited or borrowed stem inside a later English derivative. In modern use, the noun sense is "the quality of being satisfactory or able to be agreed to", which keeps the etymology connected to the word's present dictionary value rather than treating it as a merely historical label. The wider word family includes related English forms such as accept, acceptable, acceptance, acceptably, showing how the same base continues to support neighboring English vocabulary. The principal historical forms in the chain include Latin acceptāre, Latin capere, which anchor the explanation in named linguistic material.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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