verb

accept

Translation

to accept, to receive, to agree to

I accept your apology.

She was accepted to the university.

Please accept this gift.

He learned to accept the situation.

He learnt to accept the situation.

((sth.)) to agree to take (sth.) He accepted the job offer.

((sb. into/to sth.)) to allow (sb.) to join a group The school accepted him into the program.

((that ...)) to agree that (sth.) is true I accept that I made a mistake.

Synonyms: receive, take, agree to; Antonyms: reject, refuse, decline

From Latin 'accipere' (to take to oneself), from 'ad-' (to) + 'capere' (to take).

Think of 'ac-' as 'to' and '-cept' as 'take'. You are 'taking' something 'to' yourself.