accept
To receive, especially with a consent, with favour, or with approval.
Verb 4 meanings
To receive, especially with a consent, with favour, or with approval.
To admit to a place or a group.
“The Boy Scouts were going to accept him as a member.”
To regard as proper, usual, true, or to believe in.
“I accept the notion that Christ lived.”
To receive as adequate or satisfactory.
Noun 1 meaning
Something that is accepted.
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.
Similar and opposite words
ACCEPT at a glance
ACCEPT has 6 letters and scores 12 points in Scrabble (A 1 + C 3 + C 3 + E 1 + P 3 + T 1) and 15 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #1,431 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with accept
All rhymesOne letter away
Keep going
Related lists
Looking for a different word?
Type the letters you have and the Finder shows every word that fits.