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acknowledged

Pronunciation:  akn'âlijd

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 Definition: 
  1. [adj]  recognized or made known or admitted; "the acknowledged leader of the community"; "a woman of acknowledged accomplishments"; "his acknowledged error"
  2. [adj]  generally accepted
 
 Synonyms: accepted, admitted(a), assumed, assumptive, avowed(a), conceded(a), confessed(a), declarable, given, granted, purported(a), putative(a), recognised, recognized, reputed(a), self-confessed(a), supposed(a), taken for granted(p), unquestionable
 
 Antonyms: unacknowledged
 
 See Also: known

 

 

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 Related Terms: accepted, admitted, affirmed, allowed, approved, authenticated, avowed, being done, certified, comme il faut, conceded, confessed, confirmed, conformable, conventional, correct, countersigned, customary, de rigueur, decent, decorous, endorsed, established, fixed, folk, formal, granted, hallowed, handed down, heroic, hoary, immemorial, inveterate, legendary, long-established, long-standing, meet, mythological, notarized, of long standing, of the folk, oral, orthodox, prescriptive, professed, proper, ratified, received, recognized, right, rooted, sealed, seemly, signed, stamped, sworn and affirmed, sworn to, time-honored, traditional, tried and true, true-blue, understood, underwritten, unwritten, validated, venerable, warranted, worshipful
 

 

 

 

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