accept

Pronunciation: /əkˈsɛpt/

Reading level: medium

Estimated CEFR level: A2 — Elementary

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. verb consider or hold as true
  2. verb receive willingly something given or offered
  3. verb give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to

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.

In classic literature

Semantic network

Broader (hypernyms)
evaluate
Narrower (hyponyms)
believe, acknowledge, espouse, resign, receive
Opposite (antonyms)
reject

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