accepted

English

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

Archaic 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.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əkˈsɛp.tɪd/, /ækˈsɛp.tɪd/
(General American) IPA^(key): /əkˈsɛp.tɪd/, /ɪkˈsɛp.tɪd/
- Audio (US): (file)

Verb

accepted

simple past and past participle of accept
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:accepted.

Adjective

accepted (comparative more accepted, superlative most accepted)

Generally approved, believed, or recognized.

Derived terms

Collocations

Adverbs often used with "accepted"

generally, widely, universally, commonly, readily, never, gladly, gratefully, thankfully, graciously, willingly

Translations

generally approved, believed, or recognized

Bengali: মঞ্জুর (bn) (monjur)
Dutch: geaccepteerd (nl)
Esperanto: akceptata (eo)
Finnish: hyväksytty (fi)
German: anerkannt (de), akzeptiert (de)
Gothic: 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽𐌴𐌼𐍃 (andanēms)
Greek:
Ancient Greek: δεκτός (dektós), ἀπόδεκτος (apódektos)
Macedonian: при́фатен (prífaten)
Portuguese: aceitado (pt)
Russian: принятый (ru) (prinjatyj), признанный (ru) (priznannyj), одобренный (ru) (odobrennyj), общепринятый (ru) (obščeprinjatyj), распространённый (ru) (rasprostranjónnyj), утверждённый (ru) (utverždjónnyj), приемлемый (ru) (prijemlemyj)
Spanish: aceptado (es)
Swedish: accepterad (sv) c, accepterat (sv) n
Turkish:
Ottoman Turkish: مبرور (mebrur)