accept

Verb

1. (transitive) To receive, especially with a consent, with favour, or with approval.
2. (transitive) To admit to a place or a group.
3. (transitive) To regard as proper, usual, true, or to believe in.
4. (transitive) To receive as adequate or satisfactory.
5. (transitive) To receive or admit to; to agree to; to assent to; to submit to.
6. (transitive) To endure patiently.
7. (transitive) To acknowledge patiently without opposition or resistance.
8. (transitive) To agree to pay.
9. (transitive) To receive officially.
10. (intransitive) To receive something willingly.
11. (Philippines) To do a service done by an establishment.

Adj

Accepted.

Noun

Something that is accepted.

Opposite of

reject

Pronounced as (IPA)

/əkˈsɛpt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: accepten

In summary

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.

Synonyms

receive

take

agree

admit

consent

approve

acknowledge

get

bear

🐻

take in

welcome

undertake

adopt

allow

promise

assent

accredit

have

agree to

recognize

tolerate

concede

acceptance

respond

take on

acquiesce

obtain

swallow

embrace

assume

seize

stand

grant

pick up

permit

acquire

answer

put up with

live with

sustain

go for

take over

catch

comply

submit

accede to

possess

abide

listen to

accede

Translations

accepter

🉑

accettare

🉑

aceptar

🉑

annehmen

aceitar

🉑

acceptar

🉑

akzeptieren

🉑

recevoir

admettre

accepteren

🉑

aannemen

hinnehmen

🉑

ontvangen

aanvaarden

🉑

δέχομαι

Sentences

And nobody could accept that answer .

No matter how much he offered , Scott would not accept the deal .

He came to understand its dodges and tricks , and to accept it as it was .

Consumers and merchants were slow to accept it , and there was minimal marketing .

Shunkin is aware of Sasuke feelings , but does not want to accept them .