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accept
- /əkˈsɛpt/ UK
- /ækˈsɛpt/ UK
- /əkˈsɛpt/ US
- /ækˈsɛpt/ US
- /ɪkˈsɛpt/ US
- /əkˈsɛpt/ Canada
- /əkˈsept/ Australia, New Zealand
- /əˈsɛp(t)/ Hong Kong
Sounds like except (for some pronunciations) · Rhymes with -ɛpt
Where it comes from
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.
verb accepts · accepting · accepted · accept
- To receive, especially with a consent, with favour, or with approval. Remember all thy offerings, and accept thy burnt sacrifice.
- To admit to a place or a group. The Boy Scouts were going to accept him as a member.
- To regard as proper, usual, true, or to believe in. I accept the notion that Christ lived.
- To receive as adequate or satisfactory.
- To receive or admit to; to agree to; to assent to; to submit to. I accept your proposal, amendment, or excuse.
- To endure patiently. I accept my punishment.
- 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.
- To agree to pay.
- To receive officially. to accept the report of a committee
- To receive something willingly.
- To do a service done by an establishment. We accept repairs.
adjective more accept · most accept
- Accepted. Pass our accept and peremptory answer.
noun accepts
- Something that is accepted. Almost all line segments will be trivial accepts or trivial rejects, so the above covers the vast majority of cases.
