complete acceptance

collocation in English

meaningsofcompleteandacceptance

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complete
adjective
uk
/kəmˈpliːt/
us
/kəmˈpliːt/
very great or to the largest ...
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acceptance
noun[U]
uk
/əkˈsep.təns/
us
/əkˈsep.təns/
general agreement that something is satisfactory or right, or that someone should be included in ...
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(Definition ofcompleteandacceptancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcomplete acceptance

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We believe that cross-border cooperation can only be successful if there iscompleteacceptancethat such cooperation requires agreement between the two parties.
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The applicant countries should be treated on an equal footing and thecompleteacceptanceof the 'acquis communautaire' should be central to the negotiations.
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I do not think it ought to havecompleteacceptancein this country.
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This party has always stood for acompleteacceptanceof community responsibility so far as it can.
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In other words, it was not acompleteacceptanceof the case.
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There must be local police forces, and acompleteacceptanceof the police force by all the people.
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The scheme has been launched with such success that it has gainedcompleteacceptanceby the public.
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We have a considerable public interest in the arts, acompleteacceptancethat public patronage has come to stay.
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We recognise that it may be difficult to wincompleteacceptanceof the changes that we have been proposing.
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I take it that there iscompleteacceptanceof that fact—that we have complete agreement on it.
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I cannot give him the undertaking that he demands that there will becompleteacceptanceof all the recommendations.
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On paternity leave, there wascompleteacceptancethat it was right that fathers should have time to spend with their new-born babies.
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I do not think it is possible for any one party to gain thecompleteacceptanceand understanding of the country.
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Is it not also clear that it is often the case that one does not getcompleteacceptanceon every detail of a report of a court of inquiry?
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There has been compulsory state education in this country for well over a century, and the state's obligation to provide a proper education hascompleteacceptanceacross party lines.
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None of them has been able to produce an alternative policy except the two extremes of the use of force or thecompleteacceptanceof the illegal declaration of independence.
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We cannot accept the contradiction between thecompleteacceptanceof unrestrained competition and simple 'concern' lest that might entail some risk to safety and employment, favouring social dumping.
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It symbolizes acompleteacceptanceof the kalari deities, the master, and the rules and discipline of the art.
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However, the compositional style employed in the opera, with few stand-alone arias, was criticized at the time and remains a barrier to the opera'scompleteacceptanceinto the standard repertoire.
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