accepted

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA ^(key): /əkˈsɛp.tɪd/ or /ækˈsɛp.tɪd/
• (US) IPA ^(key): /ɪkˈsɛp.tɪd/ or /ækˈsɛp.tɪd/ or /əkˈsɛp.tɪd/

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• Homophone: excepted

Verb

Plain form accept

Third-person singular accepts

Past tense accepted

Past participle accepted

Present participle accepting

1. The past tense and past participle of accept.

Adjective

Positive accepted

Comparative more accepted

Superlative most accepted

1. Accepted ideas are agreed by most people to be correct or reasonable.

   There is no generally accepted definition of life.

   It is accepted wisdom that science has been partly responsible for the decline of religion.