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EnglishTHE SCHOLAR'S LEXICON

acceptation

/ak-sep-tey-shuhn/US // ˌæk sɛpˈteɪ ʃən //UK // (ˌæksɛpˈteɪʃən) //

接受,接纳,受理,接受度

Related Words

connotation涵义,含义,内涵,意思是说purport旨意,旨趣,恉,旨语sense意义,感觉,感官,意识value价值,价值观,值,价值取向meaning意义,意思是说,意思是,涵义intent故意的,故意,宗旨significance意义,重要性,重要意义,意义所在denotation外延,表义,表征,外延式message信息,消息,讯息,留言

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the usual or accepted meaning of a word, phrase, etc.
    • : favorable regard; approval.
    • : belief; acceptance as true or valid.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounaccepted meaning
Synonyms
connotation涵义,含义,内涵,意思是说denotation外延,表义,表征,外延式intent故意的,故意,宗旨meaning意义,意思是说,意思是,涵义message信息,消息,讯息,留言purport旨意,旨趣,恉,旨语sense意义,感觉,感官,意识significance意义,重要性,重要意义,意义所在value价值,价值观,值,价值取向word meaning词义,字义,词意,字意

Examples

  • Besides having parties,—one essential of a covenant in its proper acceptation, this relation with God has conditions.

  • The words, taken in a new acceptation, reveal the charming maladroitness of a northern barbarian kneeling before a Roman beauty.

  • An examination of Elizabethan writings does not conduce to the idea of the term having had a widespread acceptation.

  • In its most proper acceptation, theory means the completed result of philosophical induction from experience.

  • It need hardly be told that his open and friendly address met equally ready and cheerful acceptation from Nigel Olifaunt.

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