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English

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Etymology

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First attested about 1380. FromMiddle Englishaccepten, borrowed fromOld Frenchaccepter, or directly fromLatinacceptō, acceptāre(“receive”),frequentative ofaccipiō, formed fromad- +capiō(“to take”). Displaced nativeOld Englishonfōn.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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accept (third-person singular simple presentaccepts,present participleaccepting,simple past and past participleaccepted)

  1. (transitive) Toreceive, especially with aconsent, withfavour, or withapproval.
    • 1611,The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […],→OCLC,Psalms20:3:
      Remember all thy offerings, andaccept thy burnt sacrifice.
    • 1714 August 25,Joseph Addison, “The Sequel of the Story of Shalum and Hilpa”, inThe Spectator, number585; republished inThe Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Esq, volume 4, London: Jacob Tonson,1721,page112:
      The Chinese say, that a little time afterwards sheaccepted of a treat in one of the neighbouring hills to which Shalum had invited her.
    • 1842,[Edward Bulwer-Lytton], chapter III, inZanoni. […], volume I, London: Saunders & Otley, […],→OCLC, book the second (Art, Love, and Wonder),page151:
      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 thouacceptest his homage, will love thee till the tomb closes upon both.
  2. (transitive) Toadmit to a place or a group.
    The Boy Scouts were going toaccept him as a member.
  3. (transitive) To regard as proper, usual, true, or to believe in.
    Iaccept the notion that Christ lived.
    I can'taccept nothing being done about the problem and your standing idly by.
  4. (transitive) To receive as adequate or satisfactory.
  5. (transitive) To receive oradmit to; toagree to; toassent to; tosubmit to.
    Iaccept your proposal, amendment, or excuse.
  6. (transitive) Toendure patiently.
    Iaccept my punishment.
  7. (transitive) To acknowledge patiently withoutopposition orresistance.
    We need toaccept the fact that restaurants are closed due to COVID-19 and that no amount of wishing or screaming will make them reopen any sooner.
  8. (transitive, law, business) To agree to pay.
  9. (transitive) To receiveofficially.
    toaccept the report of a committee
  10. (intransitive) To receive something willingly.
  11. (Philippines) To do a service done by an establishment.
    Weaccept repairs.
    Weaccept bookbinding.

Conjugation

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Conjugation ofaccept
infinitive(to)accept
present tensepast tense
1st-personsingularacceptaccepted
2nd-personsingularaccept,acceptest†accepted,acceptedst†
3rd-personsingularaccepts,accepteth†accepted
pluralaccept
subjunctiveacceptaccepted
imperativeaccept—
participlesacceptingaccepted

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Translations

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to receive with consent
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
to endure patiently
to acknowledge patiently
to agree to pay
to receive officially
to receive something willingly
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Adjective

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accept (comparativemoreaccept,superlativemostaccept)

  1. (Early Modern, obsolete) Accepted.

Noun

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accept (pluralaccepts)

  1. (computing) Something that is accepted.
    Antonym:reject
    • 1996, Jim Blinn,Jim Blinn's Corner: A Trip Down the Graphics Pipeline, page127:
      Almost all line segments will be trivialaccepts or trivial rejects, so the above covers the vast majority of cases.

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed fromGermanAkzept, fromLatinacceptus.

Noun

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accept n (pluralaccepte)

  1. acceptance
Declension
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singularplural
indefinitedefiniteindefinitedefinite
nominative-accusativeacceptacceptulaccepteacceptele
genitive-dativeacceptacceptuluiaccepteacceptelor
vocativeacceptuleacceptelor

Etymology 2

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Verb

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accept

  1. first-personsingularpresentindicative/subjunctive ofaccepta

Scots

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Verb

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accept (third-person singular simple presentaccepts,present participleacceptin,simple past and past participleacceptit)

  1. accept

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Swedish

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Etymology

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FromLatinacceptum, fromaccipere.

Noun

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accept c

  1. (finance, business) abill of exchange that has been accepted
  2. (finance, business) theacceptance of abill of exchange

Declension

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Declension ofaccept
nominativegenitive
singularindefiniteacceptaccepts
definiteacceptenacceptens
pluralindefiniteaccepteraccepters
definiteaccepternaaccepternas
Declension ofaccept 2
nominativegenitive
singularindefiniteacceptaccepts
definiteacceptetacceptets
pluralindefinite——
definite——

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