accept
Syllables: ac·cept/əkˈsɛpt//əkˈsɛpt/
accept verb: to receive, especially with a consent, with favour, or with approval.
Verb
accept (third-person singular simple present accepts, present participle accepting, simple past and past participle accepted)
- To receive, especially with a consent, with favour, or with approval.
- Remember all thy offerings, and accept thy burnt sacrifice.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Psalms 20:3
- 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.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...
- To admit to a place or a group.
- The Boy Scouts were going to accept him as a member.
- To regard as proper, usual, true, or to believe in.
- I accept the notion that Christ lived.
- I can't accept nothing being done about the problem and your standing idly by.
- To receive as adequate or satisfactory.
- To receive or admit to; to agree to; to assent to; to submit to.
- I accept your proposal, amendment, or excuse.
- To endure patiently.
- I accept my punishment.
- 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.
- To agree to pay.
- To receive officially.
- to accept the report of a committee
- To receive something willingly.
- To do a service done by an establishment.
- We accept repairs.
- We accept bookbinding.
Adjective
accept (comparative more accept, superlative most accept)
- Accepted.
- Pass our accept and peremptory answer.1599, William Shakespeare, Henry V, V-ii
Noun
accept (plural accepts)
- Something that is accepted.
- Almost all line segments will be trivial accepts or trivial rejects, so the above covers the vast majority of cases.1996, Jim Blinn, Jim Blinn's Corner: A Trip Down the Graphics Pipeline, page 127
- Antonyms:
- reject
accept meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
accept in Hindi
- to receive with consent
- स्वीकार करना svīkār karnā, स्वीकारना svīkārnā
- to admit to a place or a group
- स्वीकारना svīkārnā
- to agree to
- सहमत sahmat, स्वीकारना svīkārnā
- to receive officially
- अनुबंध anubandh
accept in Tamil
- ஏற்றுக் கொள், ஒத்துக் கொள், அனுமதி, ஒப்புக்கொள், உடன்பாடு, நம்பு
accept in Marathi
- to receive with consent
- स्वीकारणे svīkārṇe
accept in Urdu
- to receive with consent
- قبول کرنا qubūl karnā
More languagesFewer languages
- accept in Bengali
- মানা mana, স্বীকার করা śikar kora
- accept in Telugu
- అంగీకరించు aṅgīkariñcu
- accept in Malayalam
- സ്വീകരിക്കുക svīkarikkuka
- accept in Kannada
- ಒಪ್ಪುಗೊಳ್, ಒಪ್ಪುಗೊಳು, ಒಪ್ಪುಗೊಳ್ಳು, ಒಪ್ಪಿಕೊಳ್ಳು
- accept in Punjabi
- وہاجنا vihājṇā, ਵਿਹਾਜਣਾ vihājṇā
- accept in Gujarati
- કબૂલવું kabūlvũ, સ્વીકારવું svīkārvũ, માનવું mānvũ
- accept in Odia
- ଘେନିବା ghenibā
- accept in Sanskrit
- स्वीकरोति svīkaroti, प्रग्रह् pragrah, आधा ādhā, आदधाति ā́dadhāti
- accept in Assamese
- আঁকোৱালি ল ãküali lo, খা kha
- accept in Pashto
- منل manël
- accept in Tagalog
- tanggapin, tumanggap, sang-ayunan, tiisin
- accept in Arabic
- قَبِلَ qabila, اِعْتَرَفَ iʕtarafa
- accept in Malay
- menerima
- accept in Indonesian
- menerima, menyetujui
- accept in Persian
- پذیرفتن paziroftan, قبول کردن qabul kardan
- accept in Thai
- รับ ráp, ยอมรับ yɔɔm-ráp, ตกลง dtòk-long
- accept in Vietnamese
- chấp nhận, nhận, nhận vào, thừa nhận
- accept in Myanmar
- ယူ yu, ခံ hkam, လက်ခံ lakhkam
Examples of accept in a sentence
- Please accept this bustier as a token of our time together.
- He hesitated whether to accept the offer or not; men often hesitate in forming a judgment.
- He made me two offers, but I did not accept either.
Antonyms of accept
Forms of accept
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | accepts |
| present participle | accepting |
| past participle | accepted |
| past | accepted |
| second-person singular present (archaic) | acceptest |
| second-person singular past (archaic) | acceptedst |
| third-person singular present (archaic) | accepteth |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more accept |
| superlative | most accept |
| Noun | |
| plural | accepts |
Origin of accept
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.
Words formed from accept
- accept a bill
- accept at face value
- accepted
- acceptedly
- accepted pairing
- acceptee
- accepter
- acceptible
- accepting house
- acceptive
- accept person
- accept service
- preaccept
- reaccept
- superaccept
- unaccept
Phrases with accept
Words that rhyme with accept
Questions about accept
- What does accept mean?
- Accept means to receive, especially with a consent, with favour, or with approval.
- What is accept in Hindi?
- Accept in Hindi is स्वीकार करना (svīkār karnā), स्वीकारना (svīkārnā), सहमत (sahmat). See Accept meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is accept?
- Accept can be a verb, an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce accept?
- Accept is pronounced /əkˈsɛpt/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of accept?
- The past tense of accept is accepted.
Words near accept in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: accept (page history and authors); accept (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); মানা (Bengali) (page history and authors); accept (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); وہاجنا (Punjabi) (page history and authors); કબૂલવું (Gujarati) (page history and authors); ଘେନିବା (Odia) (page history and authors); आदधाति (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); আঁকোৱালি ল (Assamese) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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