accept

English

Etymology

• First attested about 1380.
• From Middle English accepten, from Old French accepter, or directly from Latin accipiō (“receive”), frequentative of accipere, formed from ad- + capiō (“to take”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /əkˈsɛpt/, /ˌækˈsɛpt/

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• (US) IPA: /əkˈsɛpt/

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

Verb

accept (third-person singular simple present accepts, present participle accepting, simple past and past participle accepted)

1. (transitive) To receive, especially with a consent, with favour, or with approval.
   • (Can we date this quote?) Joseph Addison

     She accepted of a treat.

   • (Can we date this quote?), Psalms 20:3

     The Lord accept thy burnt sacrifice.

2. (transitive) To admit to a place or a group.

   The boy scouts were going to accept him as a member.

3. (transitive) To regard as proper, usual, true, or to believe in.

   I accept the fact that Christ lived.

4. (transitive) To receive as adequate or satisfactory.
5. (transitive) To receive or admit to; to agree to; to assent to; to submit to.

   I accept your proposal, amendment, or excuse.

6. (transitive) To endure patiently.

   I accept my punishment.

7. (transitive, law, business) To agree to pay.
8. (transitive) To receive officially

   to accept the report of a committee.

9. (intransitive) To receive something willingly.

   I accept.

Synonyms

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• 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) (qábila), imperfect: يقبل (ar) (yaqbalu)
• Belarusian: прымаць (be) (prymác’) impf., прыняць (be) (prynjác’) pf.
• Bulgarian: приемам (bg) (priemam)
• Burmese: please add this translation if you can
• Catalan: acceptar
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 接受 (cmn) (jiēshòu)

• Czech: přijmout (cs) pf., přijímat (cs) impf.
• Dutch: aanvaarden (nl), accepteren (nl)
• Finnish: ottaa vastaan (fi), hyväksyä (fi)
• French: accepter (fr)
• German: annehmen (de), abnehmen (de)
• Hindi: स्वीकार करना (hi) (svīkār karnā)
• Hungarian: beleegyezik (hu)
• Italian: accettare (it)
• Japanese: 受理する (ja) (じゅりする, juri-suru), 受け入れる (ja) (うけいれる, ukeireru), 受ける (ja) (うける, ukeru), 受け取る (ja) (うけとる, uketoru)
• Khmer: ទទួល (km) (tɔtuəl), ព្រមទទួល (km) (prɔɔm tɔtuəl)
• Korean: 받아들이다 (ko) (badadeurida)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: وه‌رگرتن

• Latin: scisco (la), accipio (la), habeo (la)
• Macedonian: прима (mk) (príma) impf., прими (mk) (prími) pf.
• Norwegian: akseptere (no), motta (no), ta imot (no)

• Persian: پذیرفتن (fa) (paziroftan)
• Polish: przyjmować (pl) impf., przyjąć (pl) pf.
• Portuguese: aceitar (pt)
• Quechua: añikuy (qu)
• Russian: принимать (ru) (prinimátʹ) impf., принять (ru) (prinját’) pf., соглашаться (ru) (soglašátʹsja) impf., согласиться (ru) (soglasítʹsja) pf.
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: примити (sh)

  Roman: primiti (sh)

• Slovak: prijímať (sk) impf., prijať (sk) pf.
• Slovene: sprejeti (sl)
• Spanish: aceptar (es)
• Swahili: kiri (sw)
• Swedish: acceptera (sv), motta (sv)
• Tagalog: tanggapin (tl)
• Tajik: пазируфтан (tg) (paziruftan)
• Telugu: అంగీకరించు (aMgeekariMchu)
• Thai: รับ (th) (ráp), ยอมรับ (th) (yom ráp)
• Turkish: kabul etmek (tr)
• Ukrainian: приймати (uk) (pryjmáty) impf., прийняти (uk) (pryjnjáty) pf.
• Vietnamese: chấp nhận (vi), nhận (vi)
• Volapük: lensumön (vo), lüsumön (vo)

to agree to

• Bulgarian: съгласявам се (bg) (sǎglasjavam se), разбирам (bg) (razbiram)
• Catalan: acceptar
• Dutch: aanvaarden (nl), accepteren (nl)
• Finnish: hyväksyä (fi)
• French: accepter (de)
• German: akzeptieren (de), annehmen (de), zusagen (de)
• Hungarian: elfogad (hu)
• Italian: accettare (it), ammettere (it)
• Japanese: 承諾する (ja) (しょうだくする, shōdaku-suru), 引き受ける (ja) (ひきうける, hikiukeru)
• Latin: scisco (la), accipio (la)

• Luxembourgish: acceptéieren (lb)
• Norwegian: akseptere (no), godta (no)
• Portuguese: aceitar (pt)
• Quechua: añiy (qu), huñiy (qu), uyniy (qu)
• Russian: принимать (ru) (prinimátʹ) impf., принять (ru) (prinját’) pf.
• Spanish: aceptar (es)
• Swahili: kiri (sw)
• Swedish: acceptera (sv), godta (sv)
• Tagalog: sang-ayunan (tl)
• Telugu: అంగీకరించు (aMgeekariMchu)

to endure patiently

• Bulgarian: понасям (bg) (ponasjam)
• Catalan: acceptar
• Dutch: aanvaarden (nl), ondergaan (nl)
• Finnish: hyväksyä (fi), sietää (fi)
• French: prendre sur soi, endurer patiemment
• German: hinnehmen, auf sich nehmen
• Italian: accettare (it)
• Japanese: 堪え忍ぶ (ja) (たえしのぶ, taeshinobu)

• Latin: accipio (la)
• Norwegian: aksepetere (no), godta (no)
• Portuguese: aceitar (pt)
• Quechua: uynikuy (qu)
• Russian: принимать (ru) (prinimátʹ) impf., принять (ru) (prinját’) pf.
• Swedish: acceptera (sv), uthärda (sv)
• Tagalog: tanggapin (tl), tiisin (tl)

to agree to pay

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

• Italian: accettare (it)
• Latin: accipio (la)
• Norwegian: akseptere (no)
• Portuguese: aceitar (pt)
• Swahili: kiri (sw)

to receive officially

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

• Japanese: 受け取る (ja) (うけとる, uketoru)
• Latin: scisco (la), accipio (la)
• Norwegian: motta (no)
• Portuguese: aceitar (pt)
• Russian: принимать (ru) (prinimátʹ) impf., принять (ru) (prinját’) pf.
• Spanish: aceptar (es)
• Swahili: kiri (sw)

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• Esperanto: akcepti
• Hebrew: לקבל (he) (lekabél)
• Hebrew: להסכים (he) (lehaskím)
• Ido: aceptar

• Indonesian: terima, setuju
• Jèrriais: atchiêsci
• Interlingua: acceptar

Adjective

accept (comparative more accept, superlative most accept)

1. (obsolete) Accepted.
   • 1599, William Shakespeare, Henry V, V-ii

     Pass our accept and peremptory answer.

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Noun

accept c

1. (finance, business) a bill of exchange that has been accepted
2. (finance, business) the acceptance of a bill of exchange

Declension

Declension of accept 1, 2

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	accept	accepten	accepter	accepterna
genitive	accepts	acceptens	accepters	accepternas

Declension of accept 2

	uncountable		uncountable
Neuter	indefinite	definite
nominative	accept	acceptet
genitive	accepts	acceptets