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English
Etymology
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.
Pronunciation
Verb
accept (third-person singular simple present accepts, present participle accepting, simple past and past participle accepted)
- (transitive) To receive, especially with a consent, with favour, or with approval.
1714 August 25, Joseph Addison, “The Sequel of the Story of Shalum and Hilpa”, in The Spectator, number 585; republished in The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Esq, volume 4, London: Jacob Tonson, 1721, page 112:The Chinese say, that a little time afterwards she accepted of a treat in one of the neighbouring hills to which Shalum had invited her.
1842, [Edward Bulwer-Lytton], chapter III, in Zanoni. , volume I, London: Saunders & Otley, , →OCLC, book the second (Art, Love, and Wonder), page 151: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 thou acceptest his homage, will love thee till the tomb closes upon both.
- (transitive) To admit to a place or a group.
The Boy Scouts were going to accept him as a member.
- (transitive) To regard as proper, usual, true, or to believe in.
I accept the notion that Christ lived.
- (transitive) To receive as adequate or satisfactory.
- (transitive) To receive or admit to; to agree to; to assent to; to submit to.
I accept your proposal, amendment, or excuse.
- (transitive) To endure patiently.
I accept my punishment.
- (transitive) 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.
- (transitive, law, business) To agree to pay.
- (transitive) To receive officially.
to accept the report of a committee
- (intransitive) To receive something willingly.
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to receive with consent
- Afrikaans: aanvaar (af)
- Arabic: قَبِلَ (ar) (qabila)
- Egyptian Arabic: قبل (ʔebel)
- Hijazi Arabic: قبل (gibil), وافق (wāfag)
- Armenian: ընդունել (hy) (əndunel)
- Asturian: aceptar (ast)
- Azerbaijani: qəbul etmək (az)
- Basque: onartu
- Belarusian: прыма́ць impf (prymácʹ), прыня́ць pf (prynjácʹ)
- Bulgarian: прие́мам (bg) impf (priémam), прие́ма (bg) pf (priéma)
- Burmese: ယူ (my) (yu), ခံ (my) (hkam), လက်ခံ (my) (lakhkam)
- Catalan: acceptar (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 接受 (zh) (jiēshòu)
- Czech: přijmout (cs) pf, přijímat (cs) impf
- Danish: acceptere (da), modtage (da)
- Dutch: aanvaarden (nl), accepteren (nl)
- Esperanto: akcepti (eo), alpreni (eo)
- Finnish: hyväksyä (fi)
- French: accepter (fr)
- Galician: aceptar (gl)
- Georgian: მიღება (miɣeba), დათანხმება (datanxmeba)
- German: annehmen (de), abnehmen (de), akzeptieren (de)
- Gothic: 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌽𐌹𐌼𐌰𐌽 (andniman)
- Greek: δέχομαι (el) (déchomai)
- Hebrew: קיבל \ קִבֵּל (he) (kibél)
- Hindi: स्वीकार करना (svīkār karnā)
- Hungarian: beleegyezik (hu), elfogad (hu)
- Indonesian: menerima (id)
- 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 (prɔɔm tɔtuəl)
- Korean: 받아들이다 (ko) (badadeurida)
- Kurdish:
- Central Kurdish: وەرگرتن (wergirtin)
- Northern Kurdish: pejirandin (ku), qebûl kirin (ku)
- Lao: ຕົກລົງ (tok long)
- Latin: scīscō, accipiō (la), habeō (la), audiō (la)
- Macedonian: прима impf (prima), прими pf (primi)
- Malay: menerima (ms)
- Malayalam: സ്വീകരിക്കുക (ml) (svīkarikkuka)
- Maltese: aċċetta
- Mansaka: tangkap
- Maori: tautoko (mi), tahuri, tūtohi, tūtohu
- Maranao: tangkap
- Marathi: स्वीकारणे (svīkārṇe)
- Ngazidja Comorian: ukuɓali
- Norwegian: akseptere (no), motta, ta imot
- Occitan: acceptar (oc)
- Old English: onfōn
- Pashto: منل (ps) (manël)
- Persian: پذیرفتن (fa) (paziroftan), قبول کردن (fa) (qabul kardan)
- Polabian: an-våst
- Polish: przyjmować (pl) impf, przyjąć (pl) pf
- Portuguese: aceitar (pt)
- Quechua: añikuy
- Romanian: accepta (ro)
- Russian: принима́ть (ru) impf (prinimátʹ), приня́ть (ru) pf (prinjátʹ), соглаша́ться (ru) impf (soglašátʹsja), согласи́ться (ru) pf (soglasítʹsja)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: примати impf, примити pf
- Roman: primati (sh) impf, primiti (sh) pf
- Slovak: prijímať impf, prijať pf
- Slovene: sprejeti (sl)
- Spanish: aceptar (es)
- Sudovian: enimt
- Swahili: kukubali
- Swedish: acceptera (sv), motta (sv)
- Tagalog: tanggapin, tumanggap
- Tajik: пазируфтан (tg) (paziruftan)
- Telugu: అంగీకరించు (te) (aṅgīkariñcu)
- Thai: รับ (th) (ráp), ยอมรับ (yɔɔm-ráp)
- Turkish: kabul etmek (tr)
- Ukrainian: прийма́ти impf (pryjmáty), прийня́ти pf (pryjnjáty)
- Urdu: قبول کرنا (qubūl karnā)
- Vietnamese: chấp nhận (vi), nhận (vi)
- Volapük: lensumön, lüsumön (vo)
- Zazaki: bet biyen
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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
- Arabic: قَبِلَ (ar) (qabila)
- Bulgarian: съгласявам се (sǎglasjavam se), разбирам (bg) (razbiram)
- Catalan: acceptar (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 贊同/赞同 (zh) (zàntóng), 同意 (zh) (tóngyì), 贊成/赞成 (zh) (zànchéng)
- Danish: acceptere (da), indvilge, godtage
- Dutch: aanvaarden (nl), accepteren (nl)
- Finnish: hyväksyä (fi)
- French: accepter (fr) (de)
- Galician: aceptar (gl)
- German: akzeptieren (de), annehmen (de), zusagen (de), zustimmen (de)
- Hebrew: הסכים (he) (hiskím), קיבל (he) (kibél)
- Hungarian: elfogad (hu)
- Indonesian: menyetujui (id)
- 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), 賛同する (ja) (さんどうする, sandō suru), 賛成する (ja) (さんせいする, sansei suru), 同意する (ja) (どういする, dōi suru)
- Korean: 찬동(贊同)하다 (ko) (chandonghada), 찬성(贊成)하다 (ko) (chanseonghada)
- Latin: scisco, accipio (la), audio (la)
- Luxembourgish: acceptéieren
- Maori: whakaae
- Norwegian: akseptere (no), godta (no)
- Old English: cēosan, þafian
- Polish: zgadzać się (pl) impf, zgodzić się (pl) pf, akceptować (pl) impf, zaakceptować (pl) pf
- Portuguese: aceitar (pt)
- Quechua: añiy, huñiy, uyniy
- Russian: принима́ть (ru) impf (prinimátʹ), приня́ть (ru) pf (prinjátʹ)
- Spanish: aceptar (es)
- Swahili: kiri (sw)
- Swedish: acceptera (sv), godta (sv)
- Tagalog: sang-ayunan
- Telugu: అంగీకరించు (te) (aṅgīkariñcu)
- Thai: ยอมรับ (yɔɔm-ráp), ตกลง (th) (dtòk-long)
- Turkish: kabul etmek (tr)
- Ukrainian: погоджуватися (pohodžuvatysja), визнавати (uk) (vyznavaty)
- Vietnamese: chấp nhận (vi), nhận (vi)
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to endure patiently
- Bulgarian: понасям (bg) (ponasjam)
- Catalan: acceptar (ca)
- Dutch: aanvaarden (nl), ondergaan (nl)
- Finnish: hyväksyä (fi)
- French: prendre sur soi (fr), endurer patiemment
- Galician: aceptar (gl)
- German: hinnehmen (de), auf sich nehmen, in Kauf nehmen (de), ertragen (de)
- Hebrew: קיבל (he) (kibél), ספג (he) (safág)
- Italian: accettare (it)
- Japanese: 堪え忍ぶ (ja) (たえしのぶ, taeshinobu)
- Latin: accipio (la)
- Norwegian: aksepetere, godta (no)
- Old English: þolian, þafian
- Portuguese: aceitar (pt)
- Quechua: uynikuy
- Russian: принима́ть (ru) impf (prinimátʹ), приня́ть (ru) pf (prinjátʹ)
- Swedish: acceptera (sv), uthärda (sv)
- Tagalog: tanggapin, tiisin
- Thai: ยอมรับ (yɔɔm-ráp)
- Vietnamese: chịu (vi), đảm nhận (vi)
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to receive something willingly
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Adjective
accept (comparative more accept, superlative most accept)
- (Early Modern, obsolete) Accepted.
Romanian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from German Akzept, from Latin acceptus.
Noun
accept n (plural accepte)
- acceptance
Declension
Etymology 2
Verb
accept
- first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of accepta
Scots
Pronunciation
Verb
accept (third-person singular simple present accepts, present participle acceptin, simple past acceptit, past participle acceptit)
- accept
References
Swedish
Etymology
From Latin acceptum, from accipere.
Noun
accept c
- (finance, business) a bill of exchange that has been accepted
- (finance, business) the acceptance of a bill of exchange
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