accepted convention

collocation in English

meaningsofacceptedandconvention

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accepted
adjective
uk
/əkˈsep.tɪd/us
/əkˈsep.t̬ɪd/
generally agreed to be satisfactory ...
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convention
noun
uk
/kənˈven.ʃən/us
/kənˈven.ʃən/
a large formal meeting of people who do a particular job or have a similar interest, or a large meeting for a ...
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(Definition ofacceptedandconventionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofaccepted convention

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There is noacceptedconventionfor the identification of outliers.
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It is anacceptedconventionthat a person only has the right of asylum in the first country to which he goes.
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That is the novel character in the proposed legislation, and it is a breach of the hithertoacceptedconvention.
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There is no generallyacceptedconventionfor converting the public sector borrowing requirement to a constant price basis.
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There used to be anacceptedconventionthat no talks of any sort would take place while people were on strike.
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It is anacceptedconvention, and an essential one, that we should not engage publicly in giving details of these transactions.
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Also, if that act is done outsideacceptedconvention, society must make people understand the difficulties, the misery and the unhappiness that can stem from it.
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It is most commonly made from fermented normal or glutinous rice, but there is noacceptedconventionor definition on what constitutes tuak.
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Purgly spent the first two decades of her life in accordance withacceptedconventionfor a woman from the gentry.
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She was a controversial poet, and stopped her activity in the academies when they tried to force her to adjust herself toacceptedconvention.
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In a more formal setting the commonlyacceptedconventionis person with higher social standing to take the payments.
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His works were characterized by social satire, progressive thinking and outspoken criticism of accepted conventions.
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They all seem to go against the normally accepted conventions without worrying about the consequences of their actions - they may, after all, be wiped out tomorrow.
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