acceptable explanation
collocation in Englishmeaningsofacceptableandexplanation
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acceptable
adjective
uk/əkˈsept.ə.bəl/us/əkˈsept.ə.bəl/
satisfactory and able to be agreed to or ...
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explanation
noun[C or U]
uk/ˌek.spləˈneɪ.ʃən/us/ˌek.spləˈneɪ.ʃən/
the details or reasons that someone gives to make something clear or easy ...
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(Definition ofacceptableandexplanationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofacceptable explanation
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For the difference between the two populations their genetic difference is not anacceptableexplanation.
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It determines what can be regarded as a solid fact or anacceptableexplanation.
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The majority of our patients came from rural areas, which appeared to be anacceptableexplanationfor the 40% prevalence of bronchial asthma among seropositive children with chronic cough.
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I do not find that to be anacceptableexplanation.
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The newspaper gave theacceptableexplanationthat the variations were accounted for by promotional offers and end-of-line goods.
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I am not sure whether that is anacceptableexplanationor whether it is right.
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Is that anacceptableexplanation?
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They could offer no generallyacceptableexplanation.
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First, nobody is able to offer anyacceptableexplanationof why this problem should have got so much worse in the last three or four years.
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I do not think that we have yet had anacceptableexplanationwhy local authorities who are providing houses for elderly persons cannot automatically get the £24.
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The court held further, on the facts, that the plaintiff had furnished anacceptableexplanationof how the mistake in the transfer had arisen.
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