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accept
English
Etymology
First attested about 1380. From Middle English accepten, borrowed from Old French accepter, or directly from Latin accept?, accept?re (“receive”), frequentative of accipi?, formed from ad- + capi? (“to take”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?k?s?pt/, /æk?s?pt/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?k?s?pt/
- Rhymes: -?pt
- Homophone: except (in some dialects)
- Hyphenation: ac?cept
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, law, business) To agree to pay.
- (transitive) To receive officially.
- (intransitive) To receive something willingly.
Conjugation
Synonyms
- receive
- take
- withtake
- admit
- onfang (dialectal, obsolete)
Antonyms
- reject
- decline
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Adjective
accept (comparative more accept, superlative most accept)
- (obsolete) Accepted.
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ak?t??ept]
Etymology 1
From German Akzept, from Latin acceptus.
Noun
accept n (plural accepte)
- acceptance
Declension
Etymology 2
Verb
accept
- first-person singular present indicative of accepta
- first-person singular present subjunctive of accepta
Scots
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?k?s?p(t)]
Verb
accept (third-person singular present accepts, present participle acceptin, past acceptit, past participle acceptit)
- accept
References
- Eagle, Andy, editor (2016) The Online Scots Dictionary, Scots Online.
Swedish
Noun
accept c
- (finance, business) a bill of exchange that has been accepted
- (finance, business) the acceptance of a bill of exchange
Declension
accept From the web:
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- what acceptance rate is considered selective
- what accepts afterpay
- what accepts paypal
- what accepts ebt
- what accepts bitcoin
- what accepts google pay
- what accepts venmo
regain
English
Etymology
From Middle French regaigner (French regagner). Surface etymology is re- +? gain.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?i???e?n/
- Rhymes: -e?n
- Hyphenation: re?gain
Verb
regain (third-person singular simple present regains, present participle regaining, simple past and past participle regained)
- (transitive) To get back; to recover possession of.
Translations
Anagrams
- Gainer, Gearin, Reagin, Regina, anigre, earing, gainer, in gear, inrage, raigne, reagin, regian, regina
French
Noun
regain m (uncountable)
- second crop (typically of grass)
- renewal
- upsurge
References
- “regain” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
regain From the web:
- what regain mean
- what regain consciousness mean
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- regaining what is lost overlord
- regaining what was lost
- regaine what to expect
- what does retaining mean
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