RESPECTABLE


Meaning of RESPECTABLE in English

[adjective] - considered to be socially acceptable because of having a good character or appearance or behaving in a way that is approved ofShe is a respectable young woman from a good family.This part of the city has become quite respectable in the last ten years.I wore my boring, respectable suit to the interview.He wanted to become a writer, but his father didn't think it was a respectable profession.If you say that an amount or quality is respectable, you mean that it is large enough or of a good enough standard to be acceptable.She earns a respectable salary.The final score was a respectable 2:1.They succeeded in getting members of Parliament to take their resolution seriously and a respectable number agreed to give their support.(humorous) If you make yourself respectable, you put on some clothes so that you are in a suitable state to meet someone.Can you wait for a few minutes while I make myself respectable?

Cambridge English vocab.      Кембриджский английский словарь.