# accept

> English word · Verb · IPA /əkˈsɛpt/ · frequency rank #1,473

## Definitions
1. To receive, especially with a consent, with favour, or with approval.
2. To admit to a place or a group.
3. To regard as proper, usual, true, or to believe in.
4. To receive as adequate or satisfactory.
5. To receive or admit to; to agree to; to assent to; to submit to.
6. To endure patiently.
7. To acknowledge patiently without opposition or resistance.
8. To agree to pay.
9. To receive officially.
10. To receive something willingly.
11. To do a service done by an establishment.

## Etymology
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.

## Easily confused with
- **acct** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/accept-vs-acct)
- **adept** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/accept-vs-adept)
- **access** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/accept-vs-access)
- **ascent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/accept-vs-ascent)
- **accepts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/accept-vs-accepts)
- **accepted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/accept-vs-accepted)
- **acceptor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/accept-vs-acceptor)
- **except** — “Accept” is the verb meaning to receive or agree to. “Except” means excluding or leaving out. You accept a gift; everyone came except Sam. (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/accept-vs-except)
- **accent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/accent-vs-accept)
- **accents** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/accents-vs-accept)

## Common misspellings (7)
`acceppt`, `acceptt`, `accetp`, `accpet`, `acecpt`, `acept`, `cacept`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/accept