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Acceptable 84% connected

Capable, worthy, or sure of being accepted or received with pleasure; pleasing to a receiver; gratifying; agreeable; welcome; as, an acceptable prese…

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Acceptable 84% connected

Capable, worthy, or sure of being accepted or received with pleasure; pleasing to a receiver; gratifying; agreeable; welcome; as, an acceptable prese…

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Classical 84% connected

Of or relating to the first class or rank, especially in literature or art.

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Classical 84% connected

Of or relating to the first class or rank, especially in literature or art.

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Conventional 84% connected

Formed by agreement or compact; stipulated.

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Conventional 84% connected

Formed by agreement or compact; stipulated.

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Standard 92% connected

A flag; colors; a banner; especially, a national or other ensign.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Accent noun · 85% connection

the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people; "the immigrants spoke an odd dialect of English"; "he ha…

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Dialect noun · 85% connection

the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people; "the immigrants spoke an odd dialect of English"; "he ha…

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English noun · 85% connection

the discipline that studies the English language and literature

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Idiom noun · 85% connection

the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people; "the immigrants spoke an odd dialect of English"; "he ha…

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Usage noun · 85% connection

the customary manner in which a language (or a form of a language) is spoken or written; "English usage"; "a usage borrowed from Frenc…

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Patois noun · 84% connection

a regional dialect of a language (especially French); usually considered substandard

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Acceptability noun · 78% connection

satisfactoriness by virtue of conforming to approved standards

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Acceptableness noun · 78% connection

satisfactoriness by virtue of conforming to approved standards

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American adjective · 78% connection

of or relating to the United States of America or its people or language or culture; "American citizens"; "American English"; "the Ame…

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American English noun · 78% connection

the English language as used in the United States

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American language noun · 78% connection

the English language as used in the United States

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Apposition noun · 78% connection

the act of positioning close together (or side by side); "it is the result of the juxtaposition of contrasting colors"

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Australian adjective · 78% connection

of or relating to or characteristic of Australia or its inhabitants or its languages; "Australian deserts"; "Australian aborigines"

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British adjective · 78% connection

of or relating to or characteristic of Great Britain or its people or culture; "his wife is British"

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British English noun · 78% connection

English as spoken in the UK

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Canadian noun · 78% connection

a native or inhabitant of Canada

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Canadian English noun · 78% connection

the English language as used in Canada

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Collocation noun · 78% connection

the act of positioning close together (or side by side); "it is the result of the juxtaposition of contrasting colors"

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Accept verb · 78% connection

To receive with a consenting mind (something offered); as, to accept a gift; -- often followed by of.

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Account verb · 78% connection

To render or receive an account or relation of particulars; as, an officer must account with or to the treasurer for money received.

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Admit verb · 78% connection

To suffer to enter; to grant entrance, whether into a place, or into the mind, or consideration; to receive; to take; as, they were in…

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Adopt verb · 78% connection

To take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally; to select and take or approve; as, to adopt the view or policy of another; t…

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Advisable adjective · 78% connection

Ready to receive advice.

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Affiliate verb · 78% connection

To adopt; to receive into a family as a son; hence, to bring or receive into close connection; to ally.

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Annuitant noun · 78% connection

One who receives, or its entitled to receive, an annuity.

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Armature noun · 78% connection

A piece of soft iron used to connect the two poles of a magnet, or electro-magnet, in order to complete the circuit, or to receive and…

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Assume verb · 78% connection

To receive or adopt.

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At preposition · 78% connection

The relations of source, occasion, reason, consequence, or effect; as, at the sight; at this news; merry at anything; at this declarat…

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Attornment noun · 78% connection

The act of a feudatory, vassal, or tenant, by which he consents, upon the alienation of an estate, to receive a new lord or superior,…

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Backjoint noun · 78% connection

A rebate or chase in masonry left to receive a permanent slab or other filling.

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Balloon noun · 78% connection

A round vessel, usually with a short neck, to hold or receive whatever is distilled; a glass vessel of a spherical form.

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