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Definition: Accepting |
AcceptingAdjective1. Tolerating without protest; "always more accepting of coaching suggestion than her teammates"; "the atmosphere was judged to be more supporting and accepting". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "accepting" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | About seeing clearly the way life is and accepting it and being true to it, whatever the pain, because the pain of not being true to it is far, far greater. (The Horse Whisperer; writing credit: Eric Roth) And accepting consequences. (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer) I'm not stealing it. I'm accepting it on her behalf. (Friends; writing credit: Jörn O. Jensen; Birger Larsen) If you're so hot on discipline then, goddammit, start by accepting mine. (Lean on Me; writing credit: Michael Schiffer) Liking someone is accepting every part of them, but you can't do that unless they are willing to share every part with you. (Smallville; writing credit: Richard Pinto; Sharat Sardana) | |
Lyrics | I'm accepting of you and the things you do ("Doesn't Really Matter"; performing artist: Janet) Accepting the things not worth having but ("Don't You Worry 'Bout a Thing"; performing artist: Stevie Wonder) | |
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| Author | Quotation |
Aristotle | It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. |
Chuang Tzu | Flow with whatever is happening and let your mind be free. Stay centered by accepting whatever you are doing. This is the ultimate. |
Peter Ustinov | To refuse awards is another way of accepting them with more noise than is normal. |
Ralph Waldo Emerson | Belief consists in accepting the affirmations of the soul; Unbelief in denying them. |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | The Commission, in fixing or accepting payment in specified properties or rights, shall have due regard for any legal or equitable interests of the Allied and Associated Powers or of neutral Powers or of their nationals therein. (reference) |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | I stayed till sunset, but humbly desired his Highness to excuse me for not accepting his invitation of lodging in the palace. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | These reactions are natural and may be a way of helping you cope with the necessity of accepting a situation that you want to change but cannot. (references) | |
Business | Currently, the facility is accepting waste for incineration and landfill. (references) | |
The Government denies having tightened its policy on accepting Vietnamese asylum seekers. (references) | ||
Likewise, procedures for accepting internationally issued certificates remain underdeveloped. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Ghana | The country has a generally liberal policy of accepting refugees from other West African nations. (references) |
Kazakhstan | The Baptist congregation belongs to the Council of Churches of Evangelical Christians/Baptists, which has a policy of not seeking or accepting registration in former Soviet countries. (references) | |
Cuba | This includes accepting or distributing publications, documents, or other material of any origin that the authorities might interpret as facilitating implementation of such legislation. (references) | |
Economic History | Morocco | Offering and accepting bribes are illegal in Morocco. (references) |
Moldova | Both giving and accepting a bribe is a criminal act in Moldova. (references) | |
Germany | Government officials are forbidden from accepting gifts linked to their jobs. (references) | |
Human Rights | Congo | There were credible reports of judges accepting bribes in return for favorable decisions. (references) |
China | The SPC found 17,931 government officials guilty of corruption or of accepting bribes during the year. (references) | |
Lebanon | Such abuse occurs despite laws that prevent judges from accepting any confession extracted under duress. (references) | |
Political Economy | ITALY | Italy has been slow in accepting test data from foreign sources, but is expected to adopt EU standards in this area. (references) |
Uk | The Labour Government has said that, if certain economic conditions are met, it will hold a referendum on joining the EU Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) and accepting the Euro as a common currency. (references) | |
Uganda | Poor judicial administration, lack of resources, a large case backlog, and lengthy trial delays circumscribed due process and the right to a fair trial, although some detainees secured their release by accepting amnesty. (references) | |
Political Rights | Syria | Such restrictions include a prohibition against engaging in political activity, the denial of passports, and a bar on accepting government jobs and some other forms of employment. (references) |
Trade | India | However, the exporter runs the risk of the buyer not accepting the documents. (references) |
Dominican Rep | Nevertheless, American firms should be cautious accepting credit cards due to increased fraud. (references) | |
Travel | Singapore | Public telephones accepting cash cards or cash are located throughout. (references) |
Spain | The Embassy advises drivers to be extremely cautious about accepting help from anyone other than a uniformed Spanish official. (references) | |
Vietnam | These remarks should include formal thanks for the hosts accepting the meeting, general objectives for the meeting, an introduction of participants and pleasantries. (references) | |
Women | Afghanistan | The Taliban reversed its decision the next day, apparently accepting the WFP's explanation that female staff of the bakeries were not direct hire WFP employees and therefore not subject to the July 6 order. (references) |
Congo | Women are required by law to obtain their spouse's permission before engaging in routine legal transactions, such as selling or renting real estate, opening a bank account, accepting employment, or applying for a passport. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Poland | Many believe that they are accepting employment as waitresses, maids, or nannies abroad. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Marla Hanson | Well, I had a hard time accepting that right away, but I think what bothered people weren't so much the scars but what they represented, the violence. I think that really bothered people. |
Mikhail Baryshnikov | Next question. It bothered, of course. And some of the mostly totally speculatively things they're not truth and they're known. But I guess I was accepting this as a part of the cultural need for that kind of thing, you know. |
Rush Limbaugh | There's more than enough of this BS to go around, yet supposedly conservative journalists are rolling over and accepting that we're the party of segregation. |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
James Buchanan | 1857-1861 | Our diplomacy should be direct and frank, neither seeking to obtain more nor accepting less than is our due. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | A year ago I asked all of you to join me in accepting responsibility for the future of our country. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Accepting" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 98.28% of the time. "Accepting" is used about 1,397 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (-ing form) | 98.28% | 1,373 | 5,821 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 0.86% | 12 | 101,599 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.72% | 10 | 111,207 |
| Noun (singular) | 0.14% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 1,397 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "accepting": accepting commission ♦ accepting controller ♦ accepting house ♦ accepting office ♦ accepting station ♦ accepting unit ♦ card accepting device ♦ firm accepting the order. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "accepting": all-accepting, all-too-accepting, non-accepting, phosphoryl-accepting, risk-accepting. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
accepting credit card | 117 |
accepting b b pet | 18 |
accepting job offer | 17 |
accepting credit card payment online | 16 |
accepting credit card payment | 16 |
accepting credit card online | 14 |
accepting responsibility | 12 |
accepting visa | 9 |
accepting demo label record | 9 |
accepting demo | 7 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "accepting"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Arabic | قابل (accessible, agreeing, come upon, confront, consenting, encounter, face, meet, run across, subtend). (various references) | |
Chinese | 接受 (Accept, Accepted, receive, received, Receiving). (various references) | |
Danish | acceptprovision (accepting commission, commission for acceptance, drawee's commission), accepterer det ansvar,som paahviler hver enkelt af dem for at fremme disse maal og at gennemfoere denne foranstaltning i overensstemmelse med de accepterede kriterier og vilkaar,der er af afgoerende betydning for virkeliggoerelsen af disse maal (accepting the responsibility of each of them to promote these objectives and to implement this measure, as essentials for the realization of these objectives, in accordance with the accepted criteria and modalities), accepterende station (accepting station), accepterende SS-bruger (accepting SS-user, acceptor), reassurandør (accepting office, reassurer, reinsurer), overtagende flyvekontroltjeneste (accepting controller, accepting unit), kortmodtagende anordning (card accepting device), initiere og godkende opkald (initiating and accepting a call), genforsikrer (accepting office, reinsurer), garderobe der paatager sig overfoersel fra en station til en anden (cloakroom in one station accepting luggage for collection at another in the same town), det land,der er betalingsmodtager (accepting country). (various references) | |
Dutch | acceptprovisie (accepting commission, commission for acceptance, drawee's commission), accepthuis (acceptance house, accepting house), acceptfirma (acceptance house, accepting house), aanvaardend elk voor zich de verantwoordelijkheid om deze doeleinden na te streven en deze maatregel toe te passen, volgens de aanvaarde criteria en modaliteiten, als zijnde van essentieel belang bij het bereiken van deze doeleinden (accepting the responsibility of each of them to promote these objectives and to implement this measure, as essentials for the realization of these objectives, in accordance with the accepted criteria and modalities), termijn voor nakoming van het bod (period for accepting the bid), termijn voor gestanddoening van het bod (period for accepting the bid), overnemer (accepting office), overnemende dienst (accepting controller, accepting unit), ontvanger (accepting SS-user, accepting station, acceptor, actual recipient, conductor, consignee, nurse, receiver, receiving entity, receiving set, receiving station, recepting animal, recipient, transmitting), kaartlezer (card accepting device, card reader, reader), een oproep initiëren en ontvangen (initiating and accepting a call), cessionaris (abandonee, accepting office, releasee), bagagebewaring met overbrenging naar een ander station ter plaatse (cloakroom in one station accepting luggage for collection at another in the same town). (various references) | |
Finnish | kutsuva-ja vastaava päätelaite (initiating and accepting a call), jälleenvakuutuksenantaja (accepting office, assuming company), jälleenvakuuttaja (accepting office, assuming company, reassurer, reinsurer), hyväksyvä asema (accepting station). (various references) | |
French | accepté (accept, accepted). (various references) | |
German | akzeptieren (accept, agree to). (various references) | |
Greek | συσκευή αποδοχής κάρτας (card accepting device), σταθμός αποδέκτης (accepting station), ξεκινά και δέχεται μια κλήση (initiating and accepting a call), προμήθεια αποδοχής (accepting commission, commission for acceptance, drawee's commission), υπηρεσία αποδοχής (accepting controller, accepting unit), χώρα που τα αποδέχεται (accepting country), χρήστης-αποδέκτης υπηρεσίας συνόδου (accepting SS-user, acceptor), αποδέκτης (accepting SS-user, acceptor, addressee, outlet, outlet channel, receiving medium, recipient, sink, terrace outlet channel), αίθουσα φύλαξης των υπό διαμετακόμιση αποσκευών (cloakroom in one station accepting luggage for collection at another in the same town), τράπεζα εγγυήσεως (accepting house), οίκος αποδοχής (acceptance house, accepting house). (various references) | |
Hungarian | átvevõ egység (accepting unit). (various references) | |
Italian | accettore (accepting SS-user, acceptor), utilizzatore di S-servizio (accepting SS-user, acceptor), unit ricevante (accepting controller, accepting unit), ufficio bagagli in transito (cloakroom in one station accepting luggage for collection at another in the same town), termine di accettazione dell'offerta (period for accepting the bid), riassicuratore (accepting office, assuming company, reassurer, reinsurer), percentuale d'accettazione (accepting commission, commission for acceptance, drawee's commission), paese trattario (accepting country), impegnando ciascuno la propria responsabilit per promuovere questi obiettivi e per applicare questa misura secondo i criteri e le modalit concordati, il che è essenziale per il conseguimento di questi obiettivi (accepting the responsibility of each of them to promote these objectives and to implement this measure, as essentials for the realization of these objectives, in accordance with the accepted criteria and modalities), effettuare e ricevere una chiamata (initiating and accepting a call), dispositivo di accettazione della carta (card accepting device), commissione d'accettazione (accepting commission, commission for acceptance, drawee's commission), banca di sconto (acceptance house, accepting house, discount house, discounting bank). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 引き取り (leaving). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ひきとり (leaving). (various references) | |
Korean | 받아"임. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | acceptingay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | aceitador (accepting SS-user, acceptor), utilizador SS aceitador (accepting SS-user, acceptor), país aceitante (accepting country), estação de aceitação (accepting station), comissão por aceite (accepting commission, commission for acceptance, drawee's commission), cessionário (accepting office, assign, assignee, transferee), órgão receptor (accepting controller, accepting unit). (various references) | |
Romanian | acceptare (acceptance, acceptation, acknowledgement, acknowledgment, assent, protection). (various references) | |
Russian | принимать;мириться прием. (various references) | |
Scottish | gabhail (going, proceeding, receiving). (various references) | |
Spanish | aceptando. (various references) | |
Swedish | accepterar (accepts). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | acceptio, acceptione. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Hebrews Chapter 11, Verse 35 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Elabon gunaikeV ex anastasewV touV nekrouV autwn alloi de etumpanisqhsan ou prosdexamenoi thn apolutrwsin ina kreittonoV anastasewV tucwsin |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Acceperunt mulieres de resurrectione mortuos suos alii autem distenti sunt non suscipientes redemptionem ut meliorem invenirent resurrectionem |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Wymmen resseyueden her deed children fro deth to lijf; but othere weren holdun forth, not takinge redempcioun, that thei schulden fynde a betere ayenrising. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And the wemen receaved their deed raysed to lyfe agayne. Other were racked and wolde not be delyvered that they myght receave a better resurreccion. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Women received their dead raised to life again: and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection: |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Women received their dead raised to life again: and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection: |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Women had their dead given back to them living; others let themselves be cruelly attacked, having no desire to go free, so that they might have a better life to come; |
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| Language | Hebrews Chapter 11, Verse 35 |
| Bulgarian | Не сте се още съпротивили до кръв в борбата си против греха. |
| Cebuano | Ang nangamatay nga mga anak gipabalik ngadto sa ilang mga inahan pinaagi sa pagkabanhaw. Ang uban gipanagsakit ngadto sa kamatayon, nga nanagsalikway sa kagawasan, aron sila mangabanhaw ngadto sa labi pa ka maayong kinabuhi. |
| Chinese | 有 婦 人 得 自 己 的 死 人 復 活 、 又 有 人 忍 受 嚴 刑 、 不 肯 苟 " 得 釋 " 、 " 釋 " 原 文 作 贖 〕 為 要 得 著 更 美 的 復 活 . |
| Croatian | Žene su po uskrsnuæu ponovno zadobile svoje pokojne. Drugi pak, stavljeni na muke, ne prihvatiše osloboðenja da bi ih zapalo bolje uskrsnuæe. |
| Danish | Kvinder fik deres døde igen ved Opstandelse. Andre bleve lagte på Pinebænk og toge ikke imod Befrielse, for at de måtte opnå en bedre Opstandelse. |
| Dutch | De vrouwen hebben hare doden uit de opstanding weder gekregen; en anderen zijn uitgerekt geworden, de aangeboden verlossing niet aannemende, opdat zij een betere opstanding verkrijgen zouden. |
| Finnish | On ollut vaimoja, jotka ylösnousemuksen kautta ovat saaneet kuolleensa takaisin. Toiset ovat antaneet kiduttaa itseään eivätkä ole ottaneet vastaan vapautusta, että saisivat paremman ylösnousemuksen; |
| French | Des femmes recouvrèrent leurs morts par la résurrection; d`autres furent livrés aux tourments, et n`acceptèrent point de délivrance, afin d`obtenir une meilleure résurrection; |
| German | Weiber haben ihre Toten durch Auferstehung wiederbekommen. Andere aber sind zerschlagen und haben keine Erlösung angenommen, auf daß sie die Auferstehung, die besser ist, erlangten. |
| Haitian Creole | Ak konfyans yo te gen nan Bondye a, anpil fanm wè moun pa yo ki te mouri tounen leve vivan ankò. Gen ladan yo yo matirize jouk yo mouri. Yo refize asepte okenn moun vin delivre yo, pou yo te ka leve soti nan lanmò, antre nan yon lavi ki pi bon. |
| Hungarian | Asszonyok feltámadás útján visszanyerték halottjaikat; mások kínpadra vonattak, visszautasítván a szabadulást, hogy becsesebb feltámadásban részesüljenek. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Karena beriman, maka wanita-wanita mendapat kembali orang-orangnya yang telah mati. Ada pula yang rela disiksa sampai mati, dan menolak untuk dibebaskan, karena mau dihidupkan kembali bagi suatu kehidupan yang lebih baik. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka ada beberapa perempuan mendapat balik orangnya hidup daripada mati; yang lain disengsarakan, maka tiada mereka itu mau menerima kelepasannya, supaya memperoleh kebangkitan yang lebih baik; |
| Italian | Alcune donne riacquistarono per risurrezione i loro morti. Altri poi furono torturati, non accettando la liberazione loro offerta, per ottenere una migliore risurrezione. |
| Korean | 여 자 " 은 자 기 의 죽 은 자 를 부 활 로 받 기 도 하 며 또 어 떤 이 " 은 " 좋 은 부 활 을 얻 자 하 여 악 형 을 받 되 구 차 히 면 하 지 아 니 하 였 으 며 |
| Latvian | Sievietes atguva savus miruðos, uzmodinâtus no miroòiem; bet citi, nodoti mokâm, nepieòçma atbrîvoðanu, lai iemantotu labâku augðâmcelðanos. |
| Maori | Riro ana i nga wahine a ratou tupapaku, he mea whakaara ake: ko etahi i whakamamaetia, kihai ano i whakaae atu kia whakaorangia; kia whiwhi ai ratou ki te whakaarahanga pai ke atu: |
| Modern Greek | Ελαβον γυναικες τους νεκρους αυτων αναστηθεντας· αλλοι δε εβασανισθησαν, μη δεχθεντες την απολυτρωσιν, δια να αξιωθωσι καλητερας αναστασεως· |
| Norwegian | kvinner fikk sine døde igjen ved opstandelse; andre blev utspent til pinsel og vilde ikke ta imot utløsning, forat de kunde få del i en bedre opstandelse; |
| Portuguese | As mulheres receberam pela ressurreição os seus mortos; uns foram torturados, não aceitando o seu livramento, para alcançarem uma melhor ressurreição; |
| Rumanian | Femeile wi-au primit knapoi pe moryii lor knviayi; unii, ca sq dobkndeascq o knviere mai bunq, n`au vrut sq primeascq izbqvirea, care li se dqdea, wi au fost chinuiyi. |
| Russian | ЦЕОЩ ПМХЮБМЙ ХНЕТЫЙИ УЧПЙИ ЧПУЛТЕУЫЙНЙ; ЙОЩЕ ЦЕ ЪБНХЮЕОЩ 'ЩМЙ, ОЕ ТЙОСЧ ПУЧП'ПЦ"ЕОЙС, "Б'Щ ПМХЮЙФШ МХЮЫЕЕ ЧПУЛТЕУЕОЙЕ; |
| Shuar | Nuwasha ni uchiri jakan iniantkimiun Wáinkiarmiayi. Chikichcha Wáitias mantamnawarmiayi. Ti shiir pujustinnium nantaktiai tusar Nú tsawantai uwempratniun nakitrarmiayi. |
| Spanish | Mujeres recibieron por resurrección a sus muertos. Unos fueron torturados, sin esperar ser rescatados, para obtener una resurrección mejor. |
| Swahili | Na, wanawake walioamini walirudishiwa wafu wao wakiwa wamefufuliwa. Baadhi yao walikataa kufunguliwa, wakateswa mpaka kufa ili wapate kufufuliwa na kuingia katika maisha bora zaidi. |
| Swedish | Kvinnor funnos som fingo igen sina döda genom deras uppståndelse. Andra läto sig läggas på sträckbänk och ville icke taga emot någon befrielse, i hopp om en så mycket bättre uppståndelse. |
| Thai | พวกผู้หญิงก็ไ"้รับคนพวกของนางที่ตายแล้วกลับฟื้นคืนชีวิตขึ้นมาอีก บางคนก็ถูกทรมาน แต่ก็ไม่ยอมรับการปล"ปล่อย เพื่อเขาจะไ"้รับการเป็นขึ้นมาจากความตายอันประเสริฐกว่า |
| Ukrainian | жінки діставали померлих своїх із воскресіння; а інші бували скатовані, не прийнявши визволення, щоб отримати краще воскресіння; |
| Uma | Ngkai pepangala' -ra, tobine-tobine mporata nculii' ana' -ra to mate-mi, rapotuwu' nculii' -raka. Aga ria wo'o-ra to rasesa' sabana pepangala' -ra duu' -ra mate, uma-ra dota rabahaka, apa' doko' rapotuwu' nculii' -ra pai' mporata katuwua' to meliu kalompe' -na. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "accepting": acceptingly, acceptingness, acceptingnesses. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "accepting": reaccepting. (additional references) | |
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"Accepting" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: acepting, cepting. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "accepting" (pronounced akse"pting or ukse"pting) |
| 7 | -k s e" p t i ng | excepting. |
| 6 | -s e" p t i ng | intercepting. |
| 4 | -p t i ng | adapting, adopting, attempting, bankrupting, corrupting, disrupting, erupting, exempting, interrupting, opting, preempting, prompting, sculpting, tempting. |
| 3 | -t i ng | abating, abbreviating, abdicating, abducting, abetting, aborting, abrogating, abutting, accelerating, accenting, accentuating, accommodating, accosting, accounting, accrediting, accumulating, acquitting, acting, activating, addicting, adjudicating, adjusting, administrating, admitting, advocating, affecting, affiliating, afflicting, aggravating, agitating, airlifting, alerting, alienating, alleviating, allocating, allotting, alternating, amounting, annotating, anticipating, appointing, appreciating, appropriating, approximating, arbitrating, arresting, articulating, assassinating, assaulting, asserting, assimilating, assisting, associating, attesting, attracting, attributing, auditing, augmenting, authenticating, automating, averting, awaiting, babysitting, backbiting, baiting, balloting, batting, beating, befitting, begetting, belting, benefiting, benefitting, berating, besetting, besting, betting, biting, bitting, blacklisting, blanketing, blasting, bloating, bloodletting, blunting, boasting, boating, bolting, boosting, booting, boycotting, breasting, broadcasting, budgeting, bullfighting, bunting, bursting, busting, butting, calculating, captivating, carpeting, carting, castigating, casting, castrating, catapulting, cavorting, celebrating, cementing, chanting, charting, chatting, cheating, chlorinating, circulating, circumventing, citing, clotting, coagulating, coasting, coating, coexisting, cohabiting, collaborating, collecting, combating, combatting, comforting, commemorating, commenting, committing, communicating, commuting, compensating, competing, complementing, completing, complicating, complimenting, composting, computing, concentrating, concocting, conducting, confiscating, conflicting, confronting, congratulating, connecting, consenting, consisting, consolidating, consorting, constituting, constricting, constructing, consulting, consummating, contacting, contaminating, contemplating, contesting, contracting, contradicting, contrasting, contributing, converting, convicting, cooperating, coordinating, copycatting, correcting, correlating, corroborating, costing, counteracting, Counterfeiting, counting, courting, crafting, crating, creating, crediting, cresting, culminating, cultivating, cutting, darting, dating, daunting, debating, debilitating, decaffeinating, decanting, decelerating, decimating, decorating, dedicating, deducting, defaulting, defeating, defecting, deflating, deflecting, defrosting, degenerating, delegating, deleting, deliberating, delighting, delineating, delisting, demonstrating, denigrating, denting, departing, depicting, depleting, deporting, depositing, deprecating, depreciating, deregulating, deserting, designating, destructing, detecting, deteriorating, detonating, detracting, devastating, devoting, dictating, dieting, differentiating, digesting, diluting, directing, disappointing, disconcerting, disconnecting, discounting, discrediting, discriminating, disgusting, disintegrating, disorienting, dispiriting, disputing, disquieting, disrespecting, dissecting, disseminating, dissenting, dissipating, distorting, distracting, distributing, districting, diverting, divesting, documenting, domesticating, dominating, donating, doting, dotting, doubting, drafting, drifting, duplicating, dusting, eating, editing, educating, effecting, elaborating, elating, electing, electroplating, elevating, eliciting, eliminating, emanating, emigrating, emitting, emulating, enacting, encapsulating, enchanting, encrusting, enlisting, entrusting, enunciating, equating, equivocating, eradicating, erecting, escalating, escorting, estimating, evacuating, evaluating, evaporating, everlasting, evicting, exacerbating, exacting, exaggerating, exalting, exasperating, excavating, exciting, excoriating, excruciating, executing, exerting, exhausting, exhibiting, exhilarating, exhorting, existing, exiting, exonerating, expecting, expediting, experimenting, exploiting, exporting, extenuating, exterminating, extorting, extracting, extraditing, extrapolating, fabricating, facilitating, fainting, fascinating, fasting, faulting, feasting, fermenting, ferreting, Fetting, fidgeting, fighting, fingerprinting, firefighting, fitting, flaunting, fleeting, flirting, flitting, floating, flouting, fluctuating, fomenting, footing, footnoting, forecasting, forfeiting, forgetting, formulating, fragmenting, fretting, fronting, frosting, fruiting, frustrating, generating, getting, gifting, glinting, gloating, graduating, grafting, granting, grating, gravitating, greeting, gritting, grouting, grunting, gunfighting, gusting, gutting, gyrating, hallucinating, halting, handwriting, harvesting, Hasting, hating, haunting, heating, hesitating, highlighting, hinting, hitting, hoisting, homeporting, hosting, humiliating, hunting, hurting, hydrogenating, igniting, illuminating, illustrating, imitating, impacting, imparting, impersonating, implanting, implementing, implicating, importing, imprinting, inaugurating, incapacitating, incarcerating, incinerating, inciting, incorporating, incriminating, incubating, indicating, indicting, infatuating, infecting, infighting, infiltrating, inflating, inflicting, infuriating, ingesting, ingratiating, inhabiting, inheriting, inhibiting, initiating, injecting, innovating, inserting, insinuating, insisting, inspecting, instigating, instituting, instructing, insulating, insulting, integrating, interacting, interdicting, interesting, interpreting, interrogating, intersecting, intimidating, intoxicating, inundating, invalidating, inventing, investigating, investing, invigorating, inviting, irritating, isolating, jetting, jolting, jousting, jutting, kiting, knitting, lactating, lambasting, lamenting, laminating, lasting, legislating, letting, levitating, liberating, lifting, lighting, limiting, liquidating, listing, litigating, locating, looting, lubricating, lusting, malting, mandating, manifesting, manipulating, marketing, marting, masturbating, mating, matting, mediating, meditating, meeting, melting, migrating, minting, misappropriating, misinterpreting, misrepresenting, misstating, mistreating, mitigating, moderating, molesting, molting, moonlighting, motivating, mounting, mutating, mutilating, muting, nauseating, navigating, necessitating, negating, neglecting, negotiating, nesting, netting, nitrating, nominating, nonbiting, nonoperating, nonsporting, nonvoting, noting, Nutting, objecting, obliterating, obstructing, obviating, officiating, offsetting, omitting, operating, orbiting, orchestrating, originating, oscillating, ousting, Outfitting, outing, outwitting, overeating, overestimating, overheating, overreacting, overshooting, overstating, painting, panting, parachuting, parenting, participating, parting, pasting, patenting, patting, penetrating, percolating, perfecting, permeating, permitting, perpetrating, perpetuating, persecuting, persisting, perverting, petting, picketing, piloting, pinpointing, pirating, pitting, placating, planting, plating, plotting, plummeting, pocketing, pointing, polluting, pontificating, populating, porting, posting, pouting, precipitating, predicting, predominating, preexisting, presenting, preventing, printing, procrastinating, profiting, prognosticating, prohibiting, projecting, proliferating, promoting, promulgating, propagating, prosecuting, prospecting, protecting, protesting, pulsating, purporting, putting, quieting, quilting, quitting, quoting, radiating, rafting, ranting, ratcheting, rating, reacting, reactivating, readjusting, reallocating, reasserting, rebutting, recalculating, recanting, recasting, reciprocating, reciting, recollecting, reconnecting, reconstituting, reconstructing, recounting, recreating, recruiting, recuperating, redacting, redecorating, redirecting, redistributing, redistricting, reelecting, reevaluating, refitting, reflecting, refuting, regenerating, regretting, regulating, rehabilitating, reigniting, reincorporating, reinstating, reinstituting, reinterpreting, reinventing, reinvesting, reinvigorating, reiterating, rejecting, rejuvenating, relating, relegating, relenting, relocating, remarketing, renegotiating, renovating, renting, repainting, repatriating, repeating, replanting, replicating, reporting, representing, reprinting, repudiating, requesting, rerouting, resenting, resisting, resonating, resorting, respecting, restarting, restating, resting, restricting, resubmitting, resulting, resurrecting, resuscitating, retaliating, retesting, retracting, retreating, retrofitting, reuniting, reverberating, reverting, revisiting, revolting, rewriting, rioting, riveting, roasting, rocketing, rooting, rotating, rotting, rusting, salivating, salting, saluting, saturating, scapegoating, scouting, seating, sedating, segregating, selecting, separating, setting, shafting, sheeting, shifting, shooting, shoplifting, shorting, shouting, shunting, shutting, sifting, sighting, simulating, siting, sitting, skating, skirting, skyrocketing, skywriting, slanting, slighting, slitting, slotting, smarting, smelting, snorting, soliciting, somersaulting, songwriting, sorting, speculating, spitting, splitting, sporting, spotlighting, spotting, spouting, sprinting, sprouting, spurting, squatting, squinting, squirting, stagnating, starting, stating, stimulating, stipulating, strutting, subcontracting, subjecting, submitting, subordinating, substituting, subtracting, subverting, suffocating, suggesting, superconducting, supplanting, supplementing, supporting, surmounting, suspecting, sweating, Sweeting, syndicating, tabulating, tainting, targeting, tasting, taunting, telecommuting, telemarketing, tenting, terminating, testing, thermosetting, thrusting, thwarting, ticketing, tilting, titillating, toasting, tolerating, tormenting, toting, touting, translating, transmitting, transplanting, transporting, treating, trotting, trumpeting, trusting, twisting, typecasting, typesetting, Typewriting, undercutting, underestimating, underreporting, understating, underwriting, undulating, unexciting, uninteresting, uninviting, uniting, unrelenting, unremitting, unseating, unstinting, unsuspecting, unwitting, updating, uplifting, uprooting, upsetting, urinating, vacating, vacillating, validating, vaulting, ventilating, venting, vesting, vetting, vibrating, violating, visiting, vomiting, voting, wafting, waiting, wanting, wasting, weighting, weightlifting, wetting, whiting, wildcatting, wilting, witting, wresting, writing, yachting. |
| 7 | -k s e" p t i ng | excepting. |
| 6 | -s e" p t i ng | intercepting. |
| 4 | -p t i ng | adapting, adopting, attempting, bankrupting, corrupting, disrupting, erupting, exempting, interrupting, opting, preempting, prompting, sculpting, tempting. |
| 3 | -t i ng | abating, abbreviating, abdicating, abducting, abetting, aborting, abrogating, abutting, accelerating, accenting, accentuating, accommodating, accosting, accounting, accrediting, accumulating, acquitting, acting, activating, addicting, adjudicating, adjusting, administrating, admitting, advocating, affecting, affiliating, afflicting, aggravating, agitating, airlifting, alerting, alienating, alleviating, allocating, allotting, alternating, amounting, annotating, anticipating, appointing, appreciating, appropriating, approximating, arbitrating, arresting, articulating, assassinating, assaulting, asserting, assimilating, assisting, associating, attesting, attracting, attributing, auditing, augmenting, authenticating, automating, averting, awaiting, babysitting, backbiting, baiting, balloting, batting, beating, befitting, begetting, belting, benefiting, benefitting, berating, besetting, besting, betting, biting, bitting, blacklisting, blanketing, blasting, bloating, bloodletting, blunting, boasting, boating, bolting, boosting, booting, boycotting, breasting, broadcasting, budgeting, bullfighting, bunting, bursting, busting, butting, calculating, captivating, carpeting, carting, castigating, casting, castrating, catapulting, cavorting, celebrating, cementing, chanting, charting, chatting, cheating, chlorinating, circulating, circumventing, citing, clotting, coagulating, coasting, coating, coexisting, cohabiting, collaborating, collecting, combating, combatting, comforting, commemorating, commenting, committing, communicating, commuting, compensating, competing, complementing, completing, complicating, complimenting, composting, computing, concentrating, concocting, conducting, confiscating, conflicting, confronting, congratulating, connecting, consenting, consisting, consolidating, consorting, constituting, constricting, constructing, consulting, consummating, contacting, contaminating, contemplating, contesting, contracting, contradicting, contrasting, contributing, converting, convicting, cooperating, coordinating, copycatting, correcting, correlating, corroborating, costing, counteracting, Counterfeiting, counting, courting, crafting, crating, creating, crediting, cresting, culminating, cultivating, cutting, darting, dating, daunting, debating, debilitating, decaffeinating, decanting, decelerating, decimating, decorating, dedicating, deducting, defaulting, defeating, defecting, deflating, deflecting, defrosting, degenerating, delegating, deleting, deliberating, delighting, delineating, delisting, demonstrating, denigrating, denting, departing, depicting, depleting, deporting, depositing, deprecating, depreciating, deregulating, deserting, designating, destructing, detecting, deteriorating, detonating, detracting, devastating, devoting, dictating, dieting, differentiating, digesting, diluting, directing, disappointing, disconcerting, disconnecting, discounting, discrediting, discriminating, disgusting, disintegrating, disorienting, dispiriting, disputing, disquieting, disrespecting, dissecting, disseminating, dissenting, dissipating, distorting, distracting, distributing, districting, diverting, divesting, documenting, domesticating, dominating, donating, doting, dotting, doubting, drafting, drifting, duplicating, dusting, eating, editing, educating, effecting, elaborating, elating, electing, electroplating, elevating, eliciting, eliminating, emanating, emigrating, emitting, emulating, enacting, encapsulating, enchanting, encrusting, enlisting, entrusting, enunciating, equating, equivocating, eradicating, erecting, escalating, escorting, estimating, evacuating, evaluating, evaporating, everlasting, evicting, exacerbating, exacting, exaggerating, exalting, exasperating, excavating, exciting, excoriating, excruciating, executing, exerting, exhausting, exhibiting, exhilarating, exhorting, existing, exiting, exonerating, expecting, expediting, experimenting, exploiting, exporting, extenuating, exterminating, extorting, extracting, extraditing, extrapolating, fabricating, facilitating, fainting, fascinating, fasting, faulting, feasting, fermenting, ferreting, Fetting, fidgeting, fighting, fingerprinting, firefighting, fitting, flaunting, fleeting, flirting, flitting, floating, flouting, fluctuating, fomenting, footing, footnoting, forecasting, forfeiting, forgetting, formulating, fragmenting, fretting, fronting, frosting, fruiting, frustrating, generating, getting, gifting, glinting, gloating, graduating, grafting, granting, grating, gravitating, greeting, gritting, grouting, grunting, gunfighting, gusting, gutting, gyrating, hallucinating, halting, handwriting, harvesting, Hasting, hating, haunting, heating, hesitating, highlighting, hinting, hitting, hoisting, homeporting, hosting, humiliating, hunting, hurting, hydrogenating, igniting, illuminating, illustrating, imitating, impacting, imparting, impersonating, implanting, implementing, implicating, importing, imprinting, inaugurating, incapacitating, incarcerating, incinerating, inciting, incorporating, incriminating, incubating, indicating, indicting, infatuating, infecting, infighting, infiltrating, inflating, inflicting, infuriating, ingesting, ingratiating, inhabiting, inheriting, inhibiting, initiating, injecting, innovating, inserting, insinuating, insisting, inspecting, instigating, instituting, instructing, insulating, insulting, integrating, interacting, interdicting, interesting, interpreting, interrogating, intersecting, intimidating, intoxicating, inundating, invalidating, inventing, investigating, investing, invigorating, inviting, irritating, isolating, jetting, jolting, jousting, jutting, kiting, knitting, lactating, lambasting, lamenting, laminating, lasting, legislating, letting, levitating, liberating, lifting, lighting, limiting, liquidating, listing, litigating, locating, looting, lubricating, lusting, malting, mandating, manifesting, manipulating, marketing, marting, masturbating, mating, matting, mediating, meditating, meeting, melting, migrating, minting, misappropriating, misinterpreting, misrepresenting, misstating, mistreating, mitigating, moderating, molesting, molting, moonlighting, motivating, mounting, mutating, mutilating, muting, nauseating, navigating, necessitating, negating, neglecting, negotiating, nesting, netting, nitrating, nominating, nonbiting, nonoperating, nonsporting, nonvoting, noting, Nutting, objecting, obliterating, obstructing, obviating, officiating, offsetting, omitting, operating, orbiting, orchestrating, originating, oscillating, ousting, Outfitting, outing, outwitting, overeating, overestimating, overheating, overreacting, overshooting, overstating, painting, panting, parachuting, parenting, participating, parting, pasting, patenting, patting, penetrating, percolating, perfecting, permeating, permitting, perpetrating, perpetuating, persecuting, persisting, perverting, petting, picketing, piloting, pinpointing, pirating, pitting, placating, planting, plating, plotting, plummeting, pocketing, pointing, polluting, pontificating, populating, porting, posting, pouting, precipitating, predicting, predominating, preexisting, presenting, preventing, printing, procrastinating, profiting, prognosticating, prohibiting, projecting, proliferating, promoting, promulgating, propagating, prosecuting, prospecting, protecting, protesting, pulsating, purporting, putting, quieting, quilting, quitting, quoting, radiating, rafting, ranting, ratcheting, rating, reacting, reactivating, readjusting, reallocating, reasserting, rebutting, recalculating, recanting, recasting, reciprocating, reciting, recollecting, reconnecting, reconstituting, reconstructing, recounting, recreating, recruiting, recuperating, redacting, redecorating, redirecting, redistributing, redistricting, reelecting, reevaluating, refitting, reflecting, refuting, regenerating, regretting, regulating, rehabilitating, reigniting, reincorporating, reinstating, reinstituting, reinterpreting, reinventing, reinvesting, reinvigorating, reiterating, rejecting, rejuvenating, relating, relegating, relenting, relocating, remarketing, renegotiating, renovating, renting, repainting, repatriating, repeating, replanting, replicating, reporting, representing, reprinting, repudiating, requesting, rerouting, resenting, resisting, resonating, resorting, respecting, restarting, restating, resting, restricting, resubmitting, resulting, resurrecting, resuscitating, retaliating, retesting, retracting, retreating, retrofitting, reuniting, reverberating, reverting, revisiting, revolting, rewriting, rioting, riveting, roasting, rocketing, rooting, rotating, rotting, rusting, salivating, salting, saluting, saturating, scapegoating, scouting, seating, sedating, segregating, selecting, separating, setting, shafting, sheeting, shifting, shooting, shoplifting, shorting, shouting, shunting, shutting, sifting, sighting, simulating, siting, sitting, skating, skirting, skyrocketing, skywriting, slanting, slighting, slitting, slotting, smarting, smelting, snorting, soliciting, somersaulting, songwriting, sorting, speculating, spitting, splitting, sporting, spotlighting, spotting, spouting, sprinting, sprouting, spurting, squatting, squinting, squirting, stagnating, starting, stating, stimulating, stipulating, strutting, subcontracting, subjecting, submitting, subordinating, substituting, subtracting, subverting, suffocating, suggesting, superconducting, supplanting, supplementing, supporting, surmounting, suspecting, sweating, Sweeting, syndicating, tabulating, tainting, targeting, tasting, taunting, telecommuting, telemarketing, tenting, terminating, testing, thermosetting, thrusting, thwarting, ticketing, tilting, titillating, toasting, tolerating, tormenting, toting, touting, translating, transmitting, transplanting, transporting, treating, trotting, trumpeting, trusting, twisting, typecasting, typesetting, Typewriting, undercutting, underestimating, underreporting, understating, underwriting, undulating, unexciting, uninteresting, uninviting, uniting, unrelenting, unremitting, unseating, unstinting, unsuspecting, unwitting, updating, uplifting, uprooting, upsetting, urinating, vacating, vacillating, validating, vaulting, ventilating, venting, vesting, vetting, vibrating, violating, visiting, vomiting, voting, wafting, waiting, wanting, wasting, weighting, weightlifting, wetting, whiting, wildcatting, wilting, witting, wresting, writing, yachting. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-c-e-g-i-n-p-t" | |
-2 letters: peacing, peccant, picante. | |
-3 letters: accent, accept, acetic, acetin, acting, apneic, cantic, catnip, centai, eating, enatic, icecap, incage, incept, ingate, ipecac, pacing, pantie, patine, pectic, pectin, pineta, taping. | |
-4 letters: acing, actin, agent, antic, aping, cacti, enact, entia, epact, genic, genip, giant, inapt, inept, paint, panic, paten, patin, pecan, pieta, pinta, tenia, tinea, tinge. | |
-5 letters: acne, agin, ante, anti, cage, cain, cane, cant, cape, cate, ceca, cent, cine, cite, epic, etic, etna, gaen, gain, gait, gane, gape, gate, gent, geta, gien, gnat, nape, neap, neat, nice, nipa, nite, pace, pact, page, pain, pane, pang, pant, pate, peag, pean, peat, pein, pent, pian, pica, pice, pina, pine, ping, pint, pita, tace, tain, tang, tape, tepa, tine, ting. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-c-e-g-i-n-p-t" | |
+2 letters: acceptingly, reaccepting. | |
+4 letters: acceptingness, reciprocating. | |
+5 letters: cytopathogenic. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 63 63 65 70 74 69 6E 67 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- -.-. -.-. . .--. - .. -. --. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01100011 01100011 01100101 01110000 01110100 01101001 01101110 01100111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A c c e p t i n g |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0063 0063 0065 0070 0074 0069 006E 0067 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)356969718286758073 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Images: Slideshow 6. Quotations: Familiar 7. Quotations: Historic 8. Quotations: Fiction | 9. Quotations: Non-fiction 10. Quotations: Spoken 11. Quotations: Speeches 12. Usage Frequency | 13. Expressions 14. Expressions: Internet 15. Translations: Modern 16. Translations: Ancient | 17. Bible Trace 18. Derivations 19. Rhymes 20. Anagrams | 21. Orthography 22. Bibliography |
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