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say it: ak-SEPT
accept is a verb meaning "consider or hold as true". It is pronounced /ækˈsɛpt/ — ak-SEPT. It carries 11 recorded senses.
react favorably to; consider right and proper
“People did not accept atonal music at that time”
“We accept the idea of universal health care”
take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person
“I'll accept the charges”
“She agreed to bear the responsibility”
receive (a report) officially, as from a committee
be sexually responsive to, used of a female domesticated mammal
“The cow accepted the bull”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for accept come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.