superaccept

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noun

A strongly encouraging response to a transfer.

OriginEnglish accept ← Middle English accepten ← Old French accepterder.? →
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Meanings

nounsuperaccept (plural superaccepts)

plural superaccepts

  1. bridgeA strongly encouraging response to a transfer.

    South’s jump to three spades, a superaccept, announced four-card spade support, a maximum and (typically) a doubleton somewhere.

    2008 March 3, Phillip Alder, “In Las Vegas, It’s All About the Odds”, in New York Times

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Italic*super
  4. Latinsuper
  5. Latinsuper-
  6. Englishsuper-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  8. Proto-Italic*ad
  9. Proto-Italic*ad-
  10. Latinad-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*kap-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*kapyéti
  13. Proto-Italic*kapjō
  14. Latincapiō
  15. Latinaccipiō
  16. Latinacceptāre
  17. Old Frenchaccepterder.?
  18. Middle Englishaccepten
  19. Englishaccept
  20. Englishsuperaccept

From super- + accept.

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APA

superaccept. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/superaccept

MLA

“superaccept.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/superaccept. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “superaccept,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/superaccept.

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