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Received

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Adjective

1. received, standard

conforming to the established language usage of educated native speakers

Example Sentences:
'standard English'
'received standard English is sometimes called the King's English'

2. received

widely accepted as true or worthy

Example Sentences:
'a received moral idea'
'Received political wisdom says not; surveys show otherwise'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Received

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adjective
generally accepted or believed
received wisdom

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Received

see synonyms of received
adjective
accepted; considered as standard

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Received

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adj.
Having been accepted as true or worthy, especially without firsthand corroboration: "the received wisdom that attributes academic success or failure to natural aptitudes" (Jerome Karabel).

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