accepted form

collocation in English

meaningsofacceptedandform

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accepted
adjective
uk
/əkˈsep.tɪd/
us
/əkˈsep.t̬ɪd/
generally agreed to be satisfactory ...
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form
noun
uk
/fɔːm/
us
/fɔːrm/
a paper or set of papers printed with spaces in which answers to questions can be written or information can be recorded in an ...
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(Definition ofacceptedandformfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofaccepted form

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Situational variation has long been anacceptedformof intra-lingual variation in speech act realisations.
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The principle for dividing the benefits of the hunt or booty from a raid + anacceptedformof entrepreneurship in antiquity + was based on a structured equality of rights.
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It is very difficult to tell who is paying for what, but it is anacceptedformof local journalism.
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Second, is there also anacceptedformof best lighting?
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It is merely a mechanism to ensure that there is adequate regulation of an increasinglyacceptedformof treatment.
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If it was capable of systematisation, codification or verification it would become anacceptedformof medical therapy.
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That shows that it is anacceptedformof behaviour that needs to be tackled.
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They are anacceptedformof expression, representing a demand on those in power, and they lead, ideally, to the peaceful resolution of conflict.
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Anything that can throw doubt upon his word is anacceptedform.
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There ought to be a standardacceptedformwhich is easy to fasten and easy to get out of.
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These order-making powers are not novel, they are part of theacceptedform.
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Reprinting statements by company chairmen at annual general meetings is anacceptedformof advertising, and the cost is generally admissible as a business expense for tax purposes.
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Why should that be done in any case if it is a recognised andacceptedformof test whose value has been proved?
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It is the responsibility of regional hospital boards to provide for anacceptedformof treatment such as this, though the necessary radiotherapy facilities may not be available everywhere yet.
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It will provide faith in a relatively newlyacceptedformof medicine.
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The courts will inevitably place significance upon the fact that a well-known,acceptedformof words has been deliberately left out, and might well draw the wrong conclusions from that.
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The provision as drafted uses a commonlyacceptedformof words.
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Deviation from thisacceptedformis permitted provided that the same information is conveyed.
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Such modified rules entered into anacceptedformduring the late 15th century or early 16th century.
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Tabitha tries to keep her children under control by locking them into a cupboard (anacceptedformof discipline in those days).
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