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accepting

adj · verb · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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/ˌækˈsɛp.tɪŋ/
/ˌəkˈsɛp.tɪŋ/
/ˌɪkˈsɛp.tɪŋ/
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homophone: excepting (in some accents)
CMU ARPABET: AE0 K S EH1 P T IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
CMU ARPABET 2: AH0 K S EH1 P T IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

adj

Meaning 1

Characterized by acceptance.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

open and accepting
genuinely accepting
She had an accepting attitude toward different cultures.
His family was warm and accepting.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

verb

Meaning 2

present participle and gerund of accept

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

adjective satellite

Meaning 3

tolerating without protest

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

always more accepting of coaching suggestion than her teammates
the atmosphere was judged to be more supporting and accepting

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

10 source translations are retained for this English entry.

Arabic: مُتَقَبِّل (mutaqabbil) — characterized by acceptance
Arabic: متقبل (mitqabbil) — characterized by acceptance
Esperanto: akceptema — characterized by acceptance
Finnish: hyväksyvä — characterized by acceptance
Portuguese: aceitante — characterized by acceptance
Spanish: aceptor — characterized by acceptance
Spanish: aceptador — characterized by acceptance
Spanish: aceptante — characterized by acceptance
Old Spanish: acceptor — characterized by acceptance
Old Spanish: acceptador — characterized by acceptance

Word forms

Inflections and variants

more accepting — comparative
most accepting — superlative

Word family

Derived and related words

Derived: acceptingly, acceptingness, nonaccepting, phosphoaccepting, unaccepting

Related: acceptive

Spelling and sound

Hyphenation and homophones

Hyphenation: ac·cept·ing

Homophones: excepting (in some accents)

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