accept
pronunciation
How to pronounce accept in British English:
UK [əkˈsept]
How to pronounce accept in American English:
US [əkˈsept]
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- Verb:
- consider or hold as true
- receive willingly something given or offered
- give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to
- react favorably to; consider right and proper
- admit into a group or community
- take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person
- tolerate or accommodate oneself to
- be designed to hold or take
- of a deliberative body: receive (a report) officially, as from a committee
- make use of or accept for some purpose
- be sexually responsive to, used of a female domesticated mammal
Word Origin
- accept
- accept: [14] Accept comes ultimately from Latin capere, which meant ‘take’ (and was derived from the same root as English heave). The addition of the prefix ad- ‘to’ produced accipere, literally ‘take to oneself’, hence ‘receive’. The past participle of this, acceptus, formed the basis of a new verb, acceptāre, denoting repeated action, which made its way via Old French into English.=> heave
- accept (v.)
- late 14c., "to take what is offered," from Old French accepter (14c.) or directly from Latin acceptare "take or receive willingly," frequentative of accipere "receive," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + capere "to take" (see capable). Related: Accepted; accepting.
Example
- 1. He opened the first bar to ever accept bitcoins .
- 2. It also may accept one of two competing minority stake offers led by silver lake partners and tpg capital .
- 3. It 's a very difficult thing to accept that about yourself .
- 4. Accept that you can 't do everything for everyone .
- 5. Nevertheless authorities have to accept the assignment .