noun · neutral
acceptance
/əkˈsɛptəns/ac·CEP·tance
Band 5-6speakingtask2
the act of agreeing to or approving something; being received positively
Examples
“The new policy met with widespread acceptance among residents.”
“She waited nervously for her college acceptance.”
“Gaining public acceptance is essential for that plan to work.”
Band 8 sentence
“For a controversial policy to succeed, policymakers must actively engage stakeholders to secure broad public acceptance.”
Collocations
- gain acceptance
- public acceptance
- acceptance rate
Word family
accept verbacceptable adjectiveacceptably adverbacceptance noun
Common mistakes
make acceptance→gain/obtain acceptance
to acceptance→acceptance
an acceptance→acceptance / an acceptance letter
Say it for a higher band
5agreeing→6approval→7+acceptance
Synonyms
approval
Easily confused
admission
“She received her admission from the university last week.”
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