accept

ac·cept  (k-spt)

v. ac·cept·ed, ac·cept·ing, ac·cepts

v.tr.

1.

a. To answer affirmatively: accept an invitation.

b. To agree to take (a duty or responsibility).

2. To receive (something offered), especially with gladness or approval: accepted a glass of water; accepted their contract.

3. To admit to a group, organization, or place: accepted me as a new member of the club.

4.

a. To regard as proper, usual, or right: Such customs are widely accepted.

b. To regard as true; believe in: Scientists have accepted the new theory.

c. To understand as having a specific meaning.

5. To endure resignedly or patiently: accept one's fate.

6. To be able to hold (something applied or inserted): This wood will not accept oil paints.

7. To receive officially: accept the committee's report.

8. To consent to pay, as by a signed agreement.

9. Medicine To receive (a transplanted organ or tissue) without immunological rejection.

v.intr.

To receive something, especially with favor. Often used with of.

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[Middle English accepten, from Latin acceptre, frequentative of accipere, to receive : ad-, ad- + capere, to take; see kap- in Indo-European roots.]

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accept [əkˈsɛpt]

vb (mainly tr)

1. to take or receive (something offered)

2. to give an affirmative reply to to accept an invitation

3. to take on the responsibilities, duties, etc., of he accepted office

4. to tolerate or accommodate oneself to

5. to consider as true or believe in (a philosophy, theory, etc.) I cannot accept your argument

6. (may take a clause as object) to be willing to grant or believe you must accept that he lied

7. to receive with approval or admit, as into a community, group, etc.

8. (Business / Commerce) Commerce to agree to pay (a bill, draft, shipping document, etc.), esp by signing

9. to receive as adequate, satisfactory, or valid

10. to receive, take, or hold (something applied, inserted, etc.)

11. (intr; sometimes foll by of) Archaic to take or receive an offer, invitation, etc.

[from Latin acceptāre, from ad- to + capere to take]

accepter  n

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	accept - consider or hold as true; "I cannot accept the dogma of this church"; "accept an argument" recognize, acknowledge, know, recognise - accept (someone) to be what is claimed or accept his power and authority; "The Crown Prince was acknowledged as the true heir to the throne"; "We do not recognize your gods" sweep up, embrace, espouse, adopt - take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own; "She embraced Catholicism"; "They adopted the Jewish faith" pass judgment, evaluate, judge - form a critical opinion of; "I cannot judge some works of modern art"; "How do you evaluate this grant proposal?" "We shouldn't pass judgment on other people" believe - accept as true; take to be true; "I believed his report"; "We didn't believe his stories from the War"; "She believes in spirits" receive - accept as true or valid; "He received Christ" approbate - accept (documents) as valid accept - react favorably to; consider right and proper; "People did not accept atonal music at that time"; "We accept the idea of universal health care" reconcile, resign, submit - accept as inevitable; "He resigned himself to his fate" acknowledge - accept as legally binding and valid; "acknowledge the deed" take a bow - acknowledge praise or accept credit; "They finally took a bow for what they did" abide by, honor, honour, respect, observe - show respect towards; "honor your parents!" reject - refuse to accept or acknowledge; "I reject the idea of starting a war"; "The journal rejected the student's paper"
	2.	accept - receive willingly something given or offered; "The only girl who would have him was the miller's daughter"; "I won't have this dog in my house!"; "Please accept my present" take, have receive, have - get something; come into possession of; "receive payment"; "receive a gift"; "receive letters from the front" acquire, get - come into the possession of something concrete or abstract; "She got a lot of paintings from her uncle"; "They acquired a new pet"; "Get your results the next day"; "Get permission to take a few days off from work" admit, take on, accept, take - admit into a group or community; "accept students for graduate study"; "We'll have to vote on whether or not to admit a new member" welcome - accept gladly; "I welcome your proposals" honor, honour - accept as pay; "we honor checks and drafts" adopt, borrow, take up, take over - take up and practice as one's own pass up, turn down, decline, refuse, reject - refuse to accept; "He refused my offer of hospitality"
	3.	accept - give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to; "I cannot accept your invitation"; "I go for this resolution" consent, go for give - consent to engage in sexual intercourse with a man; "She gave herself to many men" react, respond - show a response or a reaction to something agree - consent or assent to a condition, or agree to do something; "She agreed to all my conditions"; "He agreed to leave her alone" settle - accept despite lack of complete satisfaction; "We settled for a lower price" contract in - consent in writing to pay money to a trade union for political use countenance, permit, allow, let - consent to, give permission; "She permitted her son to visit her estranged husband"; "I won't let the police search her basement"; "I cannot allow you to see your exam" buckle under, knuckle under, succumb, give in, yield - consent reluctantly take in charge, undertake - accept as a charge refuse, decline - show unwillingness towards; "he declined to join the group on a hike"
	4.	accept - react favorably to; consider right and proper; "People did not accept atonal music at that time"; "We accept the idea of universal health care" accept - consider or hold as true; "I cannot accept the dogma of this church"; "accept an argument" react, respond - show a response or a reaction to something
	5.	accept - admit into a group or community; "accept students for graduate study"; "We'll have to vote on whether or not to admit a new member" admit, take on, take profess - receive into a religious order or congregation accept, take, have - receive willingly something given or offered; "The only girl who would have him was the miller's daughter"; "I won't have this dog in my house!"; "Please accept my present" let in, admit, include - allow participation in or the right to be part of; permit to exercise the rights, functions, and responsibilities of; "admit someone to the profession"; "She was admitted to the New Jersey Bar"
	6.	accept - take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person; "I'll accept the charges"; "She agreed to bear the responsibility" assume, take over, bear take - take into one's possession; "We are taking an orphan from Romania"; "I'll take three salmon steaks" carry-the can, face the music - accept the unpleasant consequences of one's actions
	7.	accept - tolerate or accommodate oneself to; "I shall have to accept these unpleasant working conditions"; "I swallowed the insult"; "She has learned to live with her husband's little idiosyncrasies" live with, swallow brook, endure, tolerate, stomach, abide, bear, digest, stick out, suffer, put up, stand, support - put up with something or somebody unpleasant; "I cannot bear his constant criticism"; "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks"; "he learned to tolerate the heat"; "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage"
	8.	accept - be designed to hold or take; "This surface will not take the dye" take be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer"
	9.	accept - receive (a report) officially, as from a committee receive, have - get something; come into possession of; "receive payment"; "receive a gift"; "receive letters from the front"
	10.	accept - make use of or accept for some purpose; "take a risk"; "take an opportunity" take co-opt - take or assume for one's own use; "He co-opted the criticism and embraced it"
	11.	accept - be sexually responsive to, used of a female domesticated mammal; "The cow accepted the bull" react, respond - show a response or a reaction to something

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accept

verb

1. receive, take, gain, pick up, secure, collect, have, get, obtain, acquire All old clothes will be gratefully accepted by the organizers.

2. take on, try, begin, attempt, bear, assume, tackle, acknowledge, undertake, embark on, set about, commence, avow, enter upon Everyone told me I should accept the job.
take on refuse, deny, decline, reject, spurn, repudiate, disown, rebut

3. say yes to, agree to, comply with Eventually she was persuaded to accept an offer of marriage.

4. acknowledge, believe, allow, admit, adopt, approve, recognize, yield, concede, swallow (informal), buy (slang), affirm, profess, consent to, buy into (slang), cooperate with, take on board, accede, acquiesce, concur with I do not accept that there is any kind of crisis in the industry.

5. stand, take, experience, suffer, bear, allow, weather, cope with, tolerate, sustain, put up with, wear (Brit. slang), stomach, endure, undergo, brook, hack (slang), abide, withstand, bow to, yield to, countenance, like it or lump it (informal) Urban dwellers have to accept noise as part of city life.

6. welcome, receive, greet, embrace, hail, usher in, receive with open arms, accept gladly, bid welcome He was accepted into the family like a brother.

Translations

accept [əkˈsept]

A. VT

1. [+ gift, invitation, apology, offer] → aceptar; [+ report] → aprobar (Med) [+ transplant] → tolerar
the Academy accepted the word in 1970 → la Academia admitió la palabra en 1970

2. [machine] [+ coin] → admitir

3. (Comm) [+ cheque, orders] → aceptar

4. (= acknowledge) → reconocer, admitir; [+ person] → admitir, acoger
it is accepted that → se reconoce or admite que ...
I do not accept that way of doing it → no apruebo ese modo de hacerlo
to accept responsibility for sth → asumir la responsabilidad de algo
he was accepted as one of us → se lo admitió or acogió como a uno de nosotros

B. VI → aceptar, asentir

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accept [ækˈsɛpt] vt

[+ invitation, offer, proposal, resignation, gift] → accepter

[+ blame, responsibility] → accepter

[+ credit card, Euros, dollars, cheque] → accepter

(= recognize as valid) [+ view, opinion] → se ranger Ã; [+ authority, rule] → accepter
to accept that ... → admettre que ...

(= be resigned to) [+ change, fate, unpleasant fact, noise, death] → accepter

[+ person] → accepter

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accept

vt

→ akzeptieren; apology, offer, gift, invitation → annehmen; responsibility → übernehmen; (= believe) story → glauben; a photograph of the President accepting the award → ein Bild von dem Präsidenten, wie er die Auszeichnung entgegennimmt; we will not accept anything but the best → wir werden nur das Allerbeste akzeptieren or annehmen; to accept somebody into society → jdn in die Gesellschaft aufnehmen

(= recognize) need → einsehen, anerkennen; person, duty → akzeptieren, anerkennen; it is generally or widely accepted that … → es ist allgemein anerkannt, dass …; we must accept the fact that … → wir müssen uns damit abfinden, dass …; I accept that it might take a little longer → ich sehe ein, dass es etwas länger dauern könnte; the government accepted that the treaty would on occasions have to be infringed → die Regierung akzeptierte, dass der Vertrag gelegentlich verletzt werden würde; to accept that something is one’s responsibility/duty → etw als seine Verantwortung/Pflicht akzeptieren

(= allow, put up with) behaviour, fate, conditions → hinnehmen; we’ll just have to accept things as they are → wir müssen die Dinge eben so (hin)nehmen, wie sie sind

(Comm) cheque, orders → annehmen; delivery → annehmen, abnehmen

vi → annehmen; (with offers also) → akzeptieren; (with invitations also) → zusagen

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accept [əkˈsɛpt] vt (gen) → accettare; (acknowledge) → ammettere
I can't accept that he's really in financial difficulties → mi rifiuto di credere che abbia davvero delle difficoltà economiche
he refused to accept defeat → non ha voluto ammettere la sua sconfitta
it's the accepted thing → è un'usanza comunemente accettata

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accept

v accept [əkˈsept]

1 to take (something offered) He accepted the gift. aanvaar يَقْبَل، يَتَقَبَّل приемам přijmout tage imod annehmen δέχομαι aceptar vastu võtma پذیرفتن ottaa vastaan accepter לְקַבֵּל स्वीकार करना prihvatiti elfogad menerima þiggja accettare 受取る 받아들이다 priimti pieņemt (piedāvājumu) terima aannemen ta imot przyjmować aceitar a accepta, a primi принимать prijať sprejeti primiti motta รับ kabul etmek, almak 接受 приймати قبول کرنا chấp nhận 接受

2 to believe in, agree to or acknowledge We accept your account of what happened; Their proposal was accepted; He accepted responsibility for the accident. aanvaar يُوَافِق عَلَى، يُسَلِّم بِ поемам přijmout godtage; acceptere; tage akzeptieren αποδέχομαι, αναλαμβάνω (αξίωμα, ευθύνη κτλ.) aceptar tunnustama, nõustuma قبول کردن hyväksyä accepter לְקַבֵּל मानना prihvatiti elfogad menerima fallast á, samþykkja tenere per buono/vero 受入れる 인정하다, 용인하다 tikėti, pri(si)imti piekrist; atzīt (par pareizu) menerima aanvaarden godta, akseptere przyjmować, uznawać aceitar a crede; a accepta; a recu­noaşte признавать prijať privoliti prihvatiti godta, godkänna, erkänna ยอมรับ kabul etmek, üstlenmek 承認 погоджуватися; визнавати تسلیم کرنا thừa nhận 承認

adj acˈceptable

1 satisfactory The decision should be acceptable to most people. aanvaarbaar مَقْبُول приемлив přijatelný acceptabel annehmbar αποδεκτός, ικανοποιητικός aceptable vastuvõetav قابل قبول hyväksyttävä acceptable מִקוּבָל, סָבִיר स्वीकार्य zadovoljavajuć elfogadható memuaskan, diterima dengan baik aðgengilegur accettabile 満足な 만족스러운 priimtinas pieņemams diterima aanvaardbaar tilfredsstillende, akseptabel do przyjęcia aceitável con­venabil приемлемый prijateľný sprejemljiv prihvatljiv acceptabel, godtagbar ที่น่าพอใจ kabul edilebilir 可接受的 прийнятний قابل قبول có thể chấp nhận được 可接受的

2 pleasing a very acceptable gift. aangename مُرضِ приятен vhodný, vítaný acceptabel; velkommen willkommen ευπρόσδεκτος grato meelepärane خوشایند miellyttävä bienvenu מִתקַבֶּל सुखद prihvatljiv kellemes memuaskan viðeigandi, ánægjulegur gradito 喜ばれる 마음에 드는 mielas, laukiamas patīkams boleh diterima aanvaardbaar gledelig, hyggelig odpowiedni agradável binevenit приятный vítaný zadovoljiv prijatan behaglig, fin, välkommen น่ายินดี hoş 合意的 бажаний, жаданий مسرت بخش đáng hoan nghênh 合意的

adv acˈceptably

aanvaarbaar بِصُورَة مَقْبُولَة/مُرْضِيَه приемливо přijatelně acceptabelt akzeptabel ευπρόσδεκτα aceptablemente, adecuadamente vastuvõetavalt بطور قابل قبول hyväksyttävästi acceptablement בְמִידָה סבִירָה स्वीकार्य prihvatljivo elfogadhatóan bisa diterima bærilega, nægjanlega in modo gradito まずまず 받아들일 수 있게 tinkamai pieņemami terima aanvaardbaar akseptabelt mile widziany aceitavelmente acceptabil приемлемо prijateľne sprejemljivo prihvatljivo acceptabelt, godtagbart ยอมรับได้ kabul edilebilecek düzeyde/şekilde 可接受地 прийнятно قابل قبول طور پر chấp nhận được 可接受地

n acˈceptance

We have had few acceptances to our invitation. aanvaarding مُوَافَقَة приемане přijetí (pozvání) det at acceptere; accept die Zusage αποδοχή aceptación nõusolek پذیرش hyväksyntä acceptation קַבָּלָה,הַסכָּמָה स्वीकृति prihvaćanje elfogadás penerimaan viðtaka, þága accettazione 受諾 수락 pritarimas, atsiliepimas (piedāvājuma) pieņemšana; piekrišana penerimaan bevestiging det å takke ja til przyjęcie, zgoda aceitação accept(are) принятие prijatie pozitiven odgovor; sprejem prihvatanje accepterande, antagande การตอบรับ kabul 接受 прийняття; схвалення قبولیت sự chấp thuận 接受

adj acˈcepted

generally recognized It is an accepted fact that the world is round. aanvaarde مَقْبُول приет uznaný godtaget; anerkendt allgemein anerkannt αποδεκτός reconocido üldtunnustatud پذیرفته hyväksytty reconnu הַסְכָּמָה स्वीकृत prihvaćen elfogadott diakui viðtekinn, viðurkenndur riconosciuto 一般に認められた 일반적으로 인정되는 pripažintas vispārpieņemts diterima erkend gjengs; godtatt uznawany aceite recu­noscut общепринятый uznaný priznan opštepriznat accepterad, vedertagen ซึ่งเป็นที่ยอมรับ yaygın 公認的 визнаний قبول شدہ được công nhận 公認的

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accept → يَقْبَل přijmout accept akzeptieren δέχομαι aceptar hyväksyä accepter prihvatiti accettare 受け入れる 받아들이다 accepteren godta przyjąć aceitar делать ударение acceptera ยอมรับ kabul etmek chấp nhận 接受