Tra từ acceptance - Từ điển WordNet v3.1

noun

1. the mental attitude that something is believable and should be accepted as true (Freq. 4)
- he gave credence to the gossip
- acceptance of Newtonian mechanics was unquestioned for 200 years
• Syn:
credence
• Derivationally related forms:
accept
• Hypernyms:
attitude, mental attitude
• Hyponyms:
fatalism, recognition
2. the act of accepting with approval;
favorable reception (Freq. 3)
- its adoption by society
- the proposal found wide acceptance
• Syn:
adoption, acceptation, espousal
• Derivationally related forms:
espouse (for: espousal), accept (for: acceptation), acceptant, accept, adopt (for: adoption)
• Hypernyms:
blessing, approval, approving
• Hyponyms:
embrace, bosom
3. the state of being acceptable and accepted (Freq. 1)
- torn jeans received no acceptance at the country club
• Ant:
rejection
• Derivationally related forms:
accept
• Hypernyms:
situation, state of affairs
• Hyponyms:
vogue, recognition, acknowledgment, acknowledgement, approval,
approval, favourable reception, acceptation, contentedness, content,
acquiescence, welcome
4. (contract law) words signifying consent to the terms of an offer (thereby creating a contract) (Freq. 1)
• Topics:
contract law
• Hypernyms:
assent, acquiescence
5. banking: a time draft drawn on and accepted by a bank
• Syn:
banker's acceptance
• Hypernyms:
draft, bill of exchange, order of payment
6. a disposition to tolerate or accept people or situations
- all people should practice toleration and live together in peace
• Syn:
toleration, sufferance
• Derivationally related forms:
suffer (for: sufferance), acceptant, accept, tolerate (for: toleration)
• Hypernyms:
permissiveness, tolerance
• Hyponyms:
self acceptance
7. the act of taking something that is offered
- her acceptance of the gift encouraged him
- he anticipated their acceptance of his offer
• Derivationally related forms:
acceptant, accept
• Hypernyms:
acquisition