accept
English edit
Etymology edit
First attested about 1380. From Middle English accepten, borrowed from Old French accepter, or directly from Latin acceptō, acceptāre (“receive”), frequentative of accipiō, formed from ad- + capiō (“to take”). Displaced native Old English onfōn.
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əkˈsɛpt/, /ækˈsɛpt/
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- (General American) IPA(key): /əkˈsɛpt/, /ɪkˈsɛpt/
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- (Hong Kong) IPA(key): /ɑˈsɛp(t)/
- Homophone: except (in some dialects)
- Hyphenation: ac‧cept
- Rhymes: -ɛpt
Verb edit
accept (third-person singular simple present accepts, present participle accepting, simple past and past participle accepted)
- (transitive) To receive, especially with a consent, with favour, or with approval.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Psalms 20:3:
- Remember all thy offerings, and accept thy burnt sacrifice.
- 1714 August 25, Joseph Addison, “The Sequel of the Story of Shalum and Hilpa”, in The Spectator, number 585; republished in The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Esq, volume 4, London: Jacob Tonson, 1721, page 112:
- The Chinese say, that a little time afterwards she accepted of a treat in one of the neighbouring hills to which Shalum had invited her.
- 1842, [Edward Bulwer-Lytton], chapter III, in Zanoni. […], volume I, London: Saunders & Otley, […], →OCLC, book the second (Art, Love, and Wonder), page 151:
- I bid thee banish from thy heart all thought of me, but as one whom the Future cries aloud to thee to avoid. Glyndon, if thou acceptest his homage, will love thee till the tomb closes upon both.
- (transitive) To admit to a place or a group.
- The Boy Scouts were going to accept him as a member.
- (transitive) To regard as proper, usual, true, or to believe in.
- I accept the notion that Christ lived.
- (transitive) To receive as adequate or satisfactory.
- (transitive) To receive or admit to; to agree to; to assent to; to submit to.
- I accept your proposal, amendment, or excuse.
- (transitive) To endure patiently.
- I accept my punishment.
- (transitive) To acknowledge patiently without opposition or resistance.
- We need to accept the fact that restaurants are closed due to COVID-19 and that no amount of wishing or screaming will make them reopen any sooner.
- (transitive, law, business) To agree to pay.
- (transitive) To receive officially.
- to accept the report of a committee
- (intransitive) To receive something willingly.
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of accept
infinitive | (to) accept | ||
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present tense | past tense | ||
1st-person singular | accept | accepted | |
2nd-person singular | accept, acceptest† | accepted, acceptedst† | |
3rd-person singular | accepts, accepteth† | accepted | |
plural | accept | ||
subjunctive | accept | accepted | |
imperative | accept | — | |
participles | accepting | accepted |
Antonyms edit
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Translations edit
to receive with consent
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to admit to a place or a group
to regard as proper, usual, true, or to believe in
to receive as adequate or satisfactory
to agree to
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to endure patiently
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to agree to pay
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to receive officially
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to receive something willingly
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Adjective edit
accept (comparative more accept, superlative most accept)
- (Early Modern, obsolete) Accepted.
- 1599, William Shakespeare, Henry V, V-ii:
- Pass our accept and peremptory answer.
Romanian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from German Akzept, from Latin acceptus.
Noun edit
accept n (plural accepte)
Declension edit
Declension of accept
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) accept | acceptul | (niște) accepte | acceptele |
genitive/dative | (unui) accept | acceptului | (unor) accepte | acceptelor |
vocative | acceptule | acceptelor |
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
accept
Scots edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
accept (third-person singular simple present accepts, present participle acceptin, simple past acceptit, past participle acceptit)
References edit
- “accept, v.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
- Eagle, Andy, editor (2016) The Online Scots Dictionary, Scots Online.
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Latin acceptum, from accipere.
Noun edit
accept c
- (finance, business) a bill of exchange that has been accepted
- (finance, business) the acceptance of a bill of exchange
Declension edit
Declension of accept | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | accept | accepten | accepter | accepterna |
Genitive | accepts | acceptens | accepters | accepternas |
Declension of accept 2 | ||||
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Uncountable | ||||
Indefinite | Definite | |||
Nominative | accept | acceptet | — | — |
Genitive | accepts | acceptets | — | — |