Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to accept
Participle: accepted
Gerund: accepting
Indicative
Present
| I | accept |
| you | accept |
| he;she;it | accepts |
| we | accept |
| you | accept |
| they | accept |
Perfect
| I | have accepted |
| you | have accepted |
| he;she;it | has accepted |
| we | have accepted |
| you | have accepted |
| they | have accepted |
Past
| I | accepted |
| you | accepted |
| he;she;it | accepted |
| we | accepted |
| you | accepted |
| they | accepted |
Pluperfect
| I | had accepted |
| you | had accepted |
| he;she;it | had accepted |
| we | had accepted |
| you | had accepted |
| they | had accepted |
Future
| I | will accept |
| you | will accept |
| he;she;it | will accept |
| we | will accept |
| you | will accept |
| they | will accept |
Future Perfect
| I | will have accepted |
| you | will have accepted |
| he;she;it | will have accepted |
| we | will have accepted |
| you | will have accepted |
| they | will have accepted |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | accept |
| you | accept |
| he;she;it | accept |
| we | accept |
| you | accept |
| they | accept |
Perfect
| I | have accepted |
| you | have accepted |
| he;she;it | have accepted |
| we | have accepted |
| you | have accepted |
| they | have accepted |
Imperfect
| I | accepted |
| you | accepted |
| he;she;it | accepted |
| we | accepted |
| you | accepted |
| they | accepted |
Pluperfect
| I | had accepted |
| you | had accepted |
| he;she;it | had accepted |
| we | had accepted |
| you | had accepted |
| they | had accepted |
Conditional
Present
| I | would accept |
| you | would accept |
| he;she;it | would accept |
| we | would accept |
| you | would accept |
| they | would accept |
Perfect
| I | would have accepted |
| you | would have accepted |
| he;she;it | would have accepted |
| we | would have accepted |
| you | would have accepted |
| they | would have accepted |
Imperative
| you | accept |
| we | Let's accept |
| you | accept |
Verbs conjugated like 'accept'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'accept'
accent,
accede,
acceed,
accend,
access,
accompt,
accost,
except,
incept,
reaccept,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- be accepted
- receive, sit, welcome, well
- to gain possession of something
- acquire, attain, cop, enlist, gain, garner, get, get hold of, get one's hands on, land, lay hands on, lay hold of, obtain, procure, receive, score, secure, snag, take, win
- To assent tacitly; to weakly and reluctantly agree
- abide by, acquiesce, go along with
- to allow something unpleasant to exist or occur
- abear, abide, aby, allow, bear, bide, brook, dree, endure, forbear, go along with, live with, pass, pocket, pouch, put up with, stand, stick, stomach, suffer, swallow, take sitting down, tolerate, thole, undergang, undergo
- receive
- embrace, welcome, acquire, take
- concur
- grant, acknowledge, admit, allow, approve
- believe
- hold, maintain, embrace, trust, swallow, affirm, acknowledge
- understand
- construe, interpret, appreciate, conclude
Antonyms
- to refuse to have anything to do with; to end any connection to
- own up, repudiate
- concur
- differ, dissent, disagree, argue
- understand
- misunderstand, mistake, misapprehend, misinterpret
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1360, "to take what is offered," from O.Fr.
accepter from L.
acceptare "take or receive willingly," freq. of
acceptus, pp. of
accipere "receive," from
ad- "to" +
capere "to take" (see capable).
2. 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. See: Middle English '
accepten', Old French '
accepter', Latin '
accepto'.
Verbs referencing "accept"
Esperanto
akcepti, Ido aceptar, Spanish
aceptar, Norwegian
akseptere, Norwegian, nynorsk
akseptere, Finnish with old forms
akseptata, Finnish with old forms
akseptoida.
Sample Sentences
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The good woman, kindly and gossipping, seemed rather pleased than otherwise with having somebody come in to talk with; and accepted, without examination, Eliza's statement, that she “ was going on a little piece, to spend a week with her friends,”—all which she hoped in her heart might prove strictly true.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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My mother accepted Now go and ask your parents - Step aside - Huh? ♪ Love of my life, my heartbeat true ♪
(Magudam)
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If love is accepted, then come on, girl Come, let's fly away
(Sunny Sanskari Ki Tulsi Kumari)