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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

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əkˈsɛpt/, /ækˈsɛpt/
- Audio (UK): (file)
(General American) IPA^(key): /əkˈsɛpt/, /ækˈsɛpt/, /ɪkˈsɛpt/
- Audio (US): (file)
(Canada) IPA^(key): /əkˈsɛpt/
(Australia, New Zealand) IPA^(key): /əkˈsept/
(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.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Psalms 20:3:
  Remember all thy offerings, and accept thy burnt sacrifice.
- 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, 2nd book (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 take up something given, or submit to something imposed, either willingly or reluctantly.
(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.

I can't accept nothing being done about the problem and your standing idly by.
(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.
(Philippines) To do a service done by an establishment.
We accept repairs.

We accept bookbinding.

Conjugation

Conjugation of *accept*
	present tense	past tense
infinitive	(to) accept

1st-person singular	accept	accepted
2nd-person singular	accept, acceptest^†	accepted, acceptedst^†
3rd-person singular	accepts, accepteth^†	accepted
plural	accept	accepted

subjunctive	accept	accepted

imperative	accept	—

participles	accepting	accepted

^† Archaic or obsolete.

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “receive with approval”): reject, decline

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

⇒ Tok Pisin: akseptim

Translations

to receive with consent

Afar: oggolu
Afrikaans: aanvaar (af)
Alabama: isi
Albanian: Prano
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)
Bangi: yamba
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)
Comorian:
Ngazidja Comorian: ukuɓali
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: קִבֵּל (he) (kibél)
Hindi: स्वीकार करना (svīkār karnā), स्वीकारना (hi) (svīkārnā)
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)
Ladino: achetar
Lao: ຕົກລົງ (tok long)
Latin: scīscō, accipiō (la), habeō (la), audiō (la)
Lingala: yamba
Macedonian: прима impf (prima), прими pf (primi)
Malay: menerima (ms)
Malayalam: സ്വീകരിക്കുക (ml) (svīkarikkuka)
Maltese: aċċetta
Mansaka: tangkap
Māori: tautoko (mi), tahuri, tūtohi, tūtohu
Maranao: tangkap
Marathi: स्वीकारणे (svīkārṇe)
Naga:
Khiamniungan Naga: thòlòuh
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

Latin: primati (sh) impf, primiti (sh) pf
Slovak: prijímať impf, prijať pf
Slovene: sprejeti (sl)
Spanish: aceptar (es), adir (es), acceptar
Sudovian: enimt
Swahili: kukubali (sw)
Swedish: acceptera (sv), motta (sv)
Tagalog: tanggapin, tumanggap
Tajik: пазируфтан (tg) (paziruftan)
Telugu: అంగీకరించు (te) (aṅgīkariñcu)
Thai: รับ (th) (ráp), ยอมรับ (yɔɔm-ráp)
Tongan: tali
Turkish: kabul etmek (tr)
Ukrainian: прийма́ти impf (pryjmáty), прийня́ти pf (pryjnjáty)
Urdu: قبول کرنا (qubūl karnā)
Vietnamese: chấp nhận (vi), nhận (vi)
Volapük: lasumön (vo)
Welsh: derbyn (cy)
Zazaki: bet biyen

to admit to a place or a group

Arabic: اِعْتَرَفَ (ar) (iʕtarafa)
Azerbaijani: qəbul etmək (az)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 接纳 (zh) (jiēnà)
Finnish: hyväksyä (fi)
German: aufnehmen (de), akzeptieren (de), zulassen (de), einlassen (de)
Hebrew: קיבל (he) (kibél)
Hindi: स्वीकारना (hi) (svīkārnā)
Old English: underfón
Portuguese: aceitar (pt)
Russian: принима́ть (ru) impf (prinimátʹ), приня́ть (ru) pf (prinjátʹ)
Vietnamese: nhận vào

to regard as proper, usual, true, or to believe in

Czech: přijmout (cs)
Finnish: hyväksyä (fi)
German: akzeptieren (de), annehmen (de)
Hebrew: קיבל (he) (kibél)
Latin: asciscō
Polish: akceptować (pl) impf, zaakceptować (pl) pf
Portuguese: aceitar (pt)
Russian: принима́ть (ru) impf (prinimátʹ), приня́ть (ru) pf (prinjátʹ), соглаша́ться (ru) impf (soglašátʹsja), согласи́ться (ru) pf (soglasítʹsja)
Vietnamese: thừa nhận (vi)

to receive as adequate or satisfactory

Finnish: hyväksyä (fi)
German: annehmen (de), akzeptieren (de)
Hebrew: קיבל (he) (kibél)
Polish: przyjmować (pl) impf, przyjąć (pl) pf
Russian: принима́ть (ru) impf (prinimátʹ), приня́ть (ru) (prinjátʹ)
Vietnamese: chấp nhận (vi), nhận (vi)

to agree to

Arabic: قَبِلَ (ar) (qabila)
Bulgarian: съгласявам се (săglasjavam 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)
Hindi: सहमत (hi) (sahmat), स्वीकारना (hi) (svīkārnā)
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
Māori: 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), соглаша́ться (ru) impf (soglašátʹsja), согласи́ться (ru) pf (soglasítʹsja)
Spanish: aceptar (es), acceptar
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)

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), смиря́ться (ru) impf (smirjátʹsja), смири́ться (ru) pf (smirítʹsja)
Swedish: acceptera (sv), uthärda (sv)
Tagalog: tanggapin, tiisin
Thai: ยอมรับ (yɔɔm-ráp)
Vietnamese: chịu (vi), đảm nhận (vi)

to acknowledge patiently

Finnish: hyväksyä (fi), ottaa vastaan (fi)
Russian: принима́ть (ru) impf (prinimátʹ), приня́ть (ru) pf (prinjátʹ), смиря́ться (ru) impf (smirjátʹsja), смири́ться (ru) pf (smirítʹsja)

to agree to pay

Bulgarian: акцептирам (akceptiram)
Catalan: acceptar (ca)
Finnish: hyväksyä (fi)
French: accepter de payer
German: kaufen (de), akzeptieren (de), annehmen (de)
Italian: accettare (it)
Latin: accipio (la), audio (la)
Norwegian: akseptere (no)
Portuguese: aceitar (pt)
Swahili: kiri (sw)
Vietnamese: nhận (vi)

to receive officially

Catalan: acceptar (ca)
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), entgegennehmen (de)
Hebrew: קיבל (he) (kibél)
Hindi: अनुबंध (hi) m (anubandh)
Italian: accettare (it)
Japanese: 受け取る (ja) (うけとる, uketoru)
Latin: scisco, accipio (la)
Norwegian: motta
Old English: underfón
Portuguese: aceitar (pt)
Russian: принима́ть (ru) impf (prinimátʹ), приня́ть (ru) pf (prinjátʹ)
Spanish: aceptar (es)
Swahili: kiri (sw)
Vietnamese: nhận (vi)

to receive something willingly

Finnish: hyväksyä (fi)
German: akzeptieren (de)
Māori: mauminamina
Old English: underfón
Russian: принима́ть (ru) impf (prinimátʹ), приня́ть (ru) pf (prinjátʹ)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

Ido: ^{(please verify)} aceptar (io)
Indonesian: ^{(please verify)} terima (id), ^{(please verify)} setuju (id)
Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} acceptar
Norman: ^{(please verify)} atchiêsci (Jersey)
Woiwurrung: ^{(please verify)} wandan-nata

Adjective

accept (comparative more accept, superlative most accept)

(Early Modern, obsolete) Accepted.
- 1599, William Shakespeare, Henry V, V-ii:
  Pass our accept and peremptory answer.

Noun

accept (plural accepts)

(computing) Something that is accepted.
Antonym: reject
- 1996, Jim Blinn, Jim Blinn's Corner: A Trip Down the Graphics Pipeline, page 127:
  Almost all line segments will be trivial accepts or trivial rejects, so the above covers the vast majority of cases.

Romanian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [akˈt͡ʃept]

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Latin acceptus

German Akzeptbor.

Romanian accept

Borrowed from German Akzept, from Latin acceptus.

Noun

accept n (plural accepte)

acceptance

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	accept	acceptul	accepte	acceptele
genitive-dative	accept	acceptului	accepte	acceptelor
vocative	acceptule		acceptelor

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)

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

Declension of **accept**
		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	accept	accepts
singular	definite	accepten	acceptens
plural	indefinite	accepter	accepters
plural	definite	accepterna	accepternas

Declension of **accept**
		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	accept	accepts
singular	definite	acceptet	acceptets
plural	indefinite	—	—
plural	definite	—	—

Derived terms

Related terms

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)

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