accept

== 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 === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əkˈsɛpt/, /ækˈsɛpt/ (General American) IPA(key): /əkˈsɛpt/, /ækˈsɛpt/, /ɪkˈsɛpt/ (Hong Kong) IPA(key): /əˈsɛp(t)/ Homophone: except (for some pronunciations) Hyphenation: ac‧cept Rhymes: -ɛpt === 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. (transitive) To admit to a place or a group. (transitive) To regard as proper, usual, true, or to believe in. (transitive) To receive as adequate or satisfactory. (transitive) To receive or admit to; to agree to; to assent to; to submit to. (transitive) To endure patiently. (transitive) To acknowledge patiently without opposition or resistance. (transitive, law, business) To agree to pay. (transitive) To receive officially. (intransitive) To receive something willingly. (Philippines) To do a service done by an establishment. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Antonyms ==== (antonym(s) of “receive with approval”): reject, decline ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== ⇒ Tok Pisin: akseptim ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === accept (comparative more accept, superlative most accept) (Early Modern, obsolete) Accepted. === Noun === accept (plural accepts) (computing) Something that is accepted. Antonym: reject == Romanian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [akˈt͡ʃept] === 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 === IPA(key): [əkˈsɛp(t)] === Verb === accept (third-person singular simple present accepts, present participle acceptin, simple past and past participle acceptit) accept === References === “accept, v.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC. Eagle, Andy, editor (2016) The Online Scots Dictionary, Scots Online. == 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 ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== acceptfrist acceptpris oren accept ==== Related terms ==== acceptant acceptera === References === “accept”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “accept”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “accept”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)