“Accept” is a verb that has a common initial interpretation - to agree to do something your own, to include something in the sphere of influence, understanding, and possession. However, besides this, there are many other meanings. It is in detail about what it is to “accept”, as well as about the origin of the word and the correct statement of stress in it in detail in the article.
Several interpretations
You can find many definitions of the word “accept” in dictionaries. Among them are the following:
- To take, to receive from someone transmitted, given by someone or sent.
- Let someone in, admit.
- Act as the owner of an institution or home.
- Allow anyone in any community, include in the team.
- In the figurative sense, to “accept” is to experience, feel, or become aware of something.
- To agree with something, to allow something.
- Make a decision, decide, conclude.
- To drink, swallow, to use inside.
- With the pretext “for” with the word in the accusative case - to confuse, identify, confuse, mistakenly identify one object with another.
- In conversation, without adding a noun - drink alcohol, drink alcohol.
- In religion, to join some religion.
- As a slang word - to pick up for an offense at the police station.
Below are some examples of the use of the word.
Examples of offers
As such, the following can be cited:
- The client of the real estate agency refused to accept such a ridiculous amount, in her opinion, as a guarantee for the apartment.
- This guest had to be received royally, because you can say that the future of many of those present at the event depended on his visit.
- Despite the fact that the news of the dismissal was difficult for Victor and took him by surprise, he received him with great dignity.
Next, synonyms for the word under study will be considered, of which there are a very large number.
Synonyms
The verb "accept" is:
- receive;
- to get;
- to take;
- to gain;
- spend;
- approve;
- meet;
- enroll;
- enough;
- to commit;
- to conclude;
- to gain;
- let it go;
- to approve;
- get dressed
- dial;
- give a reception;
- succumb to;
- to agree;
- accept;
- arrange a meeting;
- to take;
- swallow;
- implement;
- shelter;
- move away;
- to treat;
- recognize;
- show attitude;
- postulate;
- to allow;
- catch;
- to perceive;
- look;
- to consider;
- take a look;
- to advance.
Further, you can cite a lot of words that are close in meaning, related to such a meaning of the word as “drink alcohol”.
Similar words - an interesting context
Among them you can find such as:
- to be in the hop;
- to stop;
- lay behind the collar;
- to ponder;
- to be drunk;
- refuel;
- to drunk
- to rush
- to drink;
- drink;
- refuel;
- to cheat;
- grub;
- grunt;
- Crank
- be under a degree;
- to be under courage;
- to be in courage;
- throw on the grate;
- to throw;
- peck;
- be tipsy;
- pulling;
- to refuel;
- to be under the hop
- to be fed;
- yank;
- having drunk;
- take on the chest;
- dow;
- pour over the collar;
- crush the bottle;
- be in pairs;
- give in;
- tear up;
- podshof;
- get involved;
- half drunk;
- crush a fly;
- to sprinkle;
- lay behind the collar;
- warm up;
- kill a fly;
- lay behind the ear;
- skip over a little;
- under the fly;
- to call out;
- be under gas;
- pour over a tie;
- recharge
- skip stopar;
- lay behind a tie;
- be in a tribute;
- kill a fly.
Next, the origin of the word “accept” will be examined.
Etymology
The studied lexeme is of pre-Slavic origin. It was formed in two stages. Initially - from the Proto-Slavic form jmǫjęti, from which the Old Russian and Old Slavonic names and imports also originated. Hence, the Russian verbs “remove”, “take”, “withdraw” are also formed. And also other prefixed verbs that end in “nyat”, “yat”, “eat”.
Etymologists compare the studied verb with the verb "take" in:
- Lithuanian - imti, imù, ėmiaũ;
- Latvian - emō, ēmī, ēmptum.
At the second stage, the prefix “at” was attached. Its general prototypical meaning is approximation, proximity, addition to something. Comes from the pre-Slavic pri. About him, among other things, are formed:
- Old Russian "at";
- Old Slavonic παρά, πρός, ἐπί in the meaning of “when”;
- Ukrainian, Bulgarian, Serbo-Croatian “pri”;
- Belorussian “prey”;
- Slovenian and Slovak pri;
- Czech and Upper Luzhsky při;
- Lower Luzhsky pśi;
- Polish przy
- polabskoe prei.
It goes back to such pre-Indo-European forms as pro, p e rǝm, perǝ, prey, p e rǝw, prom. Is related:
- Ancient Latin pri, prior, prae, prīmus;
- ancient Indian parḗ;
- Greek παραί.
Over time, the prefix turned into a part of the root “accepted”, and the ending of the verb “t”.
Where to stress?
On this occasion, often a difficulty arises that is connected with the fact that in various forms in the past tense this verb has different stressed syllables. So, in an indefinite form, the latter will be such a syllable. But, for example, what emphasis in the word "accepted"? For clarity, we conjugate the studied verb by pointing out the stressed vowels in it in different forms. The following options will be correct:
- I, you, he - took it;
- she accepted;
- we, you, they took.
In conclusion, we consider a number of phraseological units in which the studied lexeme is present.
Persistent Phrases
Among them you can find - take shape, form; and also accept:
- measures;
- Islam;
- participation;
- decision;
- a bath;
- parade;
- call;
- on the chest;
- close to heart;
- For your information.
So interesting in its variety of interpretations is the verb “accept”.