Accept

English

Etymology

From French accepter, or from Latin acceptare, frequentative of accipere, formed from ad- + capere "to take".

Pronunciation

• (RP)
  • IPA: /əkˈsept/

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• Rhymes: -ɛpt
• Homophones: except (in some dialects)

Verb

Infinitive to Accept

Third person singular -

Simple past -

Past participle -

Present participle -

to Accept (third-person singular simple present -, present participle -, simple past and past participle -)

1. (transitive) To receive, especially with a consent, with favour or with approval.
   • She accepted of a treat. - Joseph Addison
   • The Lord accept thy burnt sacrifice. - Psalms 20:3
2. (transitive) To receive or admit to; to agree to; to assent to; to submit to; as, I accept your proposal, amendment, or excuse.
3. (transitive) To endure patiently.

   I accept my punishment.

4. (transitive) (commerce) To agree to pay.
5. (transitive) To receive officially; as, to accept the report of a committee.

Synonyms

• receive
• take
• admit

Antonyms

• reject
• decline

Derived terms

• accepted
• acceptedly
• accepter
• acceptive
• accept a bill
• accept person
• accept service

Related terms

acceptability acceptable acceptableness acceptably acceptance acceptancy

acceptant acceptation acceptilation acception acceptor

Translations

to receive with consent

Arabic: قبل ar(ar) (qábila) Bulgarian: приемам bg(bg) Catalan: acceptar Chinese: Mandarin: 接受 cmn(cmn) (jiēshòu) Czech: přijmout cs(cs) Dutch: aanvaarden nl(nl), accepteren nl(nl) Finnish: ottaa vastaan fi(fi), hyväksyä fi(fi) French: accepter fr(fr) German: annehmen de(de), abnehmen de(de) Hindi: स्वीकार करना hi(hi) (svīkār karnā) Hungarian: beleegyezik hu(hu)

Italian: accettare it(it) Japanese: 受理する ja(ja) (じゅりする, juri-suru), 受け入れる ja(ja) (うけいれる, ukeireru), 受ける ja(ja) (うける, ukeru) Kurdish: وه‌رگرتن Norwegian: akseptere, motta, ta imot Portuguese: aceitar pt(pt) Russian: принимать ru(ru) (prinimátʹ) (impf.), принять ru(ru) (prinját’) REDIRECT Template:pf., соглашаться ru(ru) (soglašátʹsja) (impf.), согласиться ru(ru) (soglasítʹsja) REDIRECT Template:pf. Spanish: aceptar es(es) Swahili: kiri sw(sw) Telugu: అంగీకరించు (aMgeekariMchu)

to agree to

Bulgarian: съгласявам се bg(bg), разбирам bg(bg) Catalan: acceptar Dutch: aanvaarden nl(nl), accepteren nl(nl) Finnish: hyväksyä fi(fi) French: accepter (de) German: akzeptieren de(de), annehmen de(de), zusagen de(de) Hungarian: elfogad hu(hu) Italian: accettare it(it), ammettere it(it)

Japanese: 承諾する ja(ja) (しょうだくする, shōdaku-suru), 引き受ける ja(ja) (ひきうける, hikiukeru) Norwegian: akseptere, godta Portuguese: aceitar pt(pt) Russian: принимать ru(ru) (prinimátʹ) (impf.), принять ru(ru) (prinját’) REDIRECT Template:pf. Spanish: aceptar es(es) Swahili: kiri sw(sw) Telugu: అంగీకరించు (aMgeekariMchu)

to endure patietly

Bulgarian: понасям bg(bg) Catalan: acceptar Dutch: aanvaarden nl(nl), ondergaan nl(nl) Finnish: hyväksyä fi(fi), sietää fi(fi) French: prendre sur soi, endurer patiemment German: hinnehmen, auf sich nehmen

Italian: accettare it(it) Japanese: 堪え忍ぶ ja(ja) (たえしのぶ, taeshinobu) Norwegian: aksepetere, godta Portuguese: aceitar pt(pt) Russian: принимать ru(ru) (prinimátʹ) (impf.), принять ru(ru) (prinját’) REDIRECT Template:pf.

to agree to pay

Bulgarian: акцептирам bg(bg) Catalan: acceptar Finnish: suostua (maksamaan) French: accepter de payer German: kaufen de(de)

Italian: accettare it(it) Norwegian: akseptere no(no) Portuguese: aceitar pt(pt) Swahili: kiri sw(sw)

to receive officially

Catalan: acceptar Dutch: ontvangen nl(nl), aannemen nl(nl) Finnish: ottaa vastaan fi(fi), vastaanottaa fi(fi) French: accueillir fr(fr) German: annehmen de(de), empfangen de(de) Italian: accettare it(it)

Japanese: 受け取る ja(ja) (うけとる, uketoru) Norwegian: motta Portuguese: aceitar pt(pt) Russian: принимать ru(ru) (prinimátʹ) (impf.), принять ru(ru) (prinját’) REDIRECT Template:pf. Spanish: aceptar es(es) Swahili: kiri sw(sw)

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Ido: aceptar Indonesian: terima, setuju Interlingua: acceptar

Adjective

accept

1. (obsolete) Accepted.
   • Pass our accept and peremptory answer. - Shakespeare: Henry V, V-ii

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