acceptance English · revision 7277

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=c. 1530|origins=fro accepter}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /əkˈsɛp.təns/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|frm|acceptance]] (Anglo-French), from [[m|fro|accepter|t=to accept]] (see [[accept]]) and [[-ance]].^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)^(SOED 2002)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The act of accepting, or the fact of being accepted: the 1570s in Etymonline, 1596 in the OED;^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) MWU dates it to about 1530.^(MWU 2024)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The earlier word was acception (late 14th century), common until about 1700, and acceptation was used from the early 15th century.^(Etymonline) Favourable reception or approval of persons and things is from the late 16th century,^(OED 1989) and the sense in which a word is accepted from the early 18th century.^(OED 1989) In commerce, an agreement to pay a bill of exchange is a technical sense,^(AHD)^(Collins 2023) and in psychology, coming to terms with a situation is a modern use.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1530 – first use (MWU).^(MWU 2024)

+ * 1596 – the act of accepting.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1649 – the state of being accepted.^(OED 1989)

+ * before 1716 – the sense of a word.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The act of agreeing to receive or undertake something offered.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # The fact of being received as adequate or suitable, or of being admitted into a group.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # Agreement with or belief in an idea or explanation.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # Willingness to tolerate a difficult situation.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[nonacceptance]]

+ * [[reacceptance]]

+ * [[unacceptance]]

+ * [[self-acceptance]]

+ * [[preacceptance]]

+ * [[banker's acceptance]]

+ * [[trade acceptance]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[accept]]

+ * [[acceptable]]

+ * [[acceptation]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}