adj
Meaning 1
Generally approved, believed, or recognized.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
accepted
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /əkˈsɛp.tɪd/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ækˈsɛp.tɪd/
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General-American: /əkˈsɛp.tɪd/
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General-American: /ɪkˈsɛp.tɪd/
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CMU ARPABET: AE0 K S EH1 P T IH0 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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CMU ARPABET 2: AH0 K S EH1 P T IH0 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
verb
Meaning 2
simple past and past participle of accept
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, participle, past
Examples
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:accepted.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
generally approved or compelling recognition
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- several accepted techniques for treating the condition
- his recognized superiority in this kind of work
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: recognized, recognised
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h2éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti Proto-Italic *kapjō Old Latin kapiō Latin capiō Latin accipiō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh2yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h2tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin -tō Latin acceptārelbor. Old French accepterder.? Middle English accepten English accept English -ed English accepted From accept + -ed.
Across languages
Translations
21 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bengali: মঞ্জুর (monjur) — generally approved, believed, or recognized
- Dutch: geaccepteerd — generally approved, believed, or recognized
- Finnish: hyväksytty — generally approved, believed, or recognized
- German: anerkannt — generally approved, believed, or recognized
- German: akzeptiert — generally approved, believed, or recognized
- Gothic: 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽𐌴𐌼𐍃 (andanēms) — generally approved, believed, or recognized
- Ancient Greek: δεκτός (dektós) — generally approved, believed, or recognized
- Ancient Greek: ἀπόδεκτος (apódektos) — generally approved, believed, or recognized
- Macedonian: при́фатен (prífaten) — generally approved, believed, or recognized
- Portuguese: aceitado — generally approved, believed, or recognized
- Russian: принятый (prinjatyj) — generally approved, believed, or recognized
- Russian: признанный (priznannyj) — generally approved, believed, or recognized
- Russian: одобренный (odobrennyj) — generally approved, believed, or recognized
- Russian: общепринятый (obščeprinjatyj) — generally approved, believed, or recognized
- Russian: распространённый (rasprostranjónnyj) — generally approved, believed, or recognized
- Russian: утверждённый (utverždjónnyj) — generally approved, believed, or recognized
- Russian: приемлемый (prijemlemyj) — generally approved, believed, or recognized
- Spanish: aceptado — generally approved, believed, or recognized
- Swedish: accepterad — generally approved, believed, or recognized
- Swedish: accepterat — generally approved, believed, or recognized
- Ottoman Turkish: مبرور (mebrur) — generally approved, believed, or recognized
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