superaccept

superaccept

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *úp
Proto-Indo-European *-er
Proto-Indo-European *upér
Proto-Italic *super
Latin super
Latin super-lbor.
English super-
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd
Proto-Italic *ad
Proto-Italic *ad-
Latin ad-
Proto-Indo-European *kap-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti
Proto-Italic *kapjō
Old Latin kapiō
Latin capiō
Latin accipiō
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Italic *-āō
Latin -ō
Latin -tō
Latin acceptārelbor.
Old French accepterder.?
Middle English accepten
English accept
English superaccept

    From super- + accept.

    Pronunciation

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    Noun

    superaccept (plural superaccepts)

    1. (bridge) A strongly encouraging response to a transfer.
      • 2008 March 3, Phillip Alder, “In Las Vegas, It’s All About the Odds”, in New York Times‎[1]:
        South’s jump to three spades, a superaccept, announced four-card spade support, a maximum and (typically) a doubleton somewhere.
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