Meaning of "accost" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ACCOST

From Late Latin accostāre to place side by side, from Latin costa side, rib.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF ACCOST

accost  [əˈkɒst]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ACCOST

Accost is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb accost in English.

WHAT DOES ACCOST MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Greeting

Greeting is an act of communication in which human beings intentionally make their presence known to each other, to show attention to, and to suggest a type of relationship or social status between individuals or groups of people coming in contact with each other. Greetings sometimes are used just prior to a conversation or to greet in passing, such as on a sidewalk or trail. While greeting customs are highly culture and situation-specific and may change within a culture depending on social status and relationship, they exist in all known human cultures. Greetings can be expressed both audibly and physically, and often involve a combination of the two. This topic excludes military and ceremonial salutes but includes rituals other than gestures. A greeting can also be expressed in written communications, such as letters and emails. Some epochs and cultures have had very elaborate greeting rituals, for example, greeting of a sovereign. Conversely, secret societies have often furtive or arcane greeting gestures and rituals, such as a secret handshake, which allow members to recognize each other.

Definition of accost in the English dictionary

The definition of accost in the dictionary is to approach, stop, and speak to, as to ask a question, accuse of a crime, solicit sexually, etc. Other definition of accost is a greeting.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO ACCOST

PRESENT

Present

I accost

you accost

he/she/it accosts

we accost

you accost

they accost

Present continuous

I am accosting

you are accosting

he/she/it is accosting

we are accosting

you are accosting

they are accosting

Present perfect

I have accosted

you have accosted

he/she/it has accosted

we have accosted

you have accosted

they have accosted

Present perfect continuous

I have been accosting

you have been accosting

he/she/it has been accosting

we have been accosting

you have been accosting

they have been accosting

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I accosted

you accosted

he/she/it accosted

we accosted

you accosted

they accosted

Past continuous

I was accosting

you were accosting

he/she/it was accosting

we were accosting

you were accosting

they were accosting

Past perfect

I had accosted

you had accosted

he/she/it had accosted

we had accosted

you had accosted

they had accosted

Past perfect continuous

I had been accosting

you had been accosting

he/she/it had been accosting

we had been accosting

you had been accosting

they had been accosting

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will accost

you will accost

he/she/it will accost

we will accost

you will accost

they will accost

Future continuous

I will be accosting

you will be accosting

he/she/it will be accosting

we will be accosting

you will be accosting

they will be accosting

Future perfect

I will have accosted

you will have accosted

he/she/it will have accosted

we will have accosted

you will have accosted

they will have accosted

Future perfect continuous

I will have been accosting

you will have been accosting

he/she/it will have been accosting

we will have been accosting

you will have been accosting

they will have been accosting

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would accost

you would accost

he/she/it would accost

we would accost

you would accost

they would accost

Conditional continuous

I would be accosting

you would be accosting

he/she/it would be accosting

we would be accosting

you would be accosting

they would be accosting

Conditional perfect

I would have accost

you would have accost

he/she/it would have accost

we would have accost

you would have accost

they would have accost

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been accosting

you would have been accosting

he/she/it would have been accosting

we would have been accosting

you would have been accosting

they would have been accosting

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you accost
we let´s accost
you accost

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to accost

Past participle

accosted

Present Participle

accosting

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «ACCOST»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «accost» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of accost

address · approach · buttonhole · challenge · confront · greet · hail · halt · oppose · solicit · stop

TRANSLATION OF ACCOST

Find out the translation of accost to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of accost from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «accost» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 搭话
• Translator English - Spanish: accost
• English: accost
• Translator English - Hindi: बोलना
• Translator English - Arabic: يوجدان
• Translator English - Russian: приставать
• Translator English - Portuguese: accost
• Translator English - Bengali: সম্বোধন
• Translator English - French: accoster
• Translator English - Malay: Accost
• Translator English - German: ansprechen
• Translator English - Japanese: accost
• Translator English - Korean: 걸다
• Translator English - Javanese: Accost
• Translator English - Vietnamese: lại gần
• Translator English - Tamil: அணுகி அழை
• Translator English - Marathi: दंड
• Translator English - Turkish: asılmak
• Translator English - Italian: accost
• Translator English - Polish: zaczepić
• Translator English - Ukrainian: приставати
• Translator English - Romanian: acosta
• Translator English - Greek: πλησίαζα
• Translator English - Afrikaans: aanklampen
• Translator English - Swedish: tala
• Translator English - Norwegian: resepsjonist

QUOTES WITH «ACCOST»

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Les Dawson

I'm the most unromantic lump of Northern suet. Yes, a woman did accost me once in South Shields, but she had a face like Red Rum.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ACCOST»

Discover the use of accost in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to accost and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

A new and comprehensive grammar of the English language

Present tense. Sing. I accost Thou accostest He, she, or it accosts Or— Plural. 1. 1. We accost 2. 3. 2. You accost 3. They accost 1. I do accost Thou dost accost He does accost 1. We do accost 2. 3. 2. You do accost 3. They do accost Past. 1. 2.

George King (of Upper Holloway.), 1854

English Synonyms Explained, in Alphabetical Order: With ...

24: ACCOST. ment to entitle him to the name: a. perfect man, if such an one there could he, must be free from every moral imperfection, and endowed with every virtue. Accomplished is a plied only to persons; perfect is app icable not only to ...

George Crabb, 1818

Twelfth Night: New Critical Essays

In the Folio, when Sir Toby first says “Accost Sir Andrew, accost” (TLN, 165), the line might as easily be addressed to Maria as to Andrew, since the absence of a comma before his name leaves uncertain whether he is the subject or object of ...

James Schiffer, 2013

Twelfth Night: Third Series

SIR TOBY Accost, Sir Andrew, accost. SIR ANDREW What's that? SIR TOBY My niece's chambermaid. SIR ANDREW Good Mistress Accost, I desire better acquaintance. MARIA My name is Mary, sir. SIR ANDREW Good Mistress Mary Accost.

William Shakespeare, Keir Elam, 2008

Compiler Construction: 10th International Conference, CC ...

The minimum total merge cost is the minimum value in the DGφ last vertex's accost vector. For simplicity, we omitted from Alg.1the code needed to recover the solution (i.e. the set S = {vi|vi ∈ Pi,1 ≤ i ≤ n}), though it should be clear that it can ...

Reinhard Wilhelm, 2001

Twelfth Night

SIR TOBY: Accost, SirAndrew, accost. AGUECHEEK:What's that? SIR TOBY: My niece's chambermaid. AGUECHEEK: Good Mistress Accost, I desire better acquaintance. MARIA: Myname is Mary,sir. AGUECHEEK:Good MistressMary ...

William Shakespeare, 2013

The Plays of William Shakespeare: In Twenty-one Volumes, ...

Accost, Sir Andrew, accost.' SIR AND. What's that.P SIR To. My niecc's chamber- maid. SIR AND. Good mistress Accost, I desire better ' acquaintance. MAR. My name is Mary, sir. SIR AND. Good Mistress Mary Accost, SIR To. You mistake ...

William Shakespeare, Isaac Reed, Samuel Johnson, 1813

Synonyms Discriminated: A Complete Catalogue of Synonymous ...

ACCOST. To Effect is near akin to accomplish, but we are said to accomplish an object and to effect a purpose. To effect commonly implies some degree of difficulty contended with in the Hubject-matter, while accomplishment is commonly the ...

‎1871

The works of William Shakespeare, the text formed from an ...

And you too, sir. Sir To. Accost, sir Andrew, accost5. Sir And. What's that? Sir To. My niece's chamber-maid. Sir And. Good mistress Accost, I desire better acquaintance. Mar. My name is Mary, sir. Sir And. Good Mistress Mary Accost, — Sir To.

William Shakespeare, John Payne Collier, 1842

Twelfth Night; Or, What You Will

And you too, sir. SlR TO. Accost, Sir Andrew, accost. SlR AND. What 's that? SlR TO. My niece's chambermaid. SlR AND. Good Mistress Accost, I desire better acquaintance. MAR. My name is Marv, sir. SlR AND. Good Mistress Mary Accost-.

William Shakespeare, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ACCOST»

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Ado further reassured that no stone will be left unturned to bring the miscreants to book as there is an ongoing operation to accost criminals. «Nigerian Observer, Jul 15»

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As far as I can recall, the lead level designer didn't accost me and steal all of my rubles, which is, in my experience, how all Russian people are ... «PCGamesN, Jul 15»

Amnesty International Should Break Its Public Silence On Christine …

Mehta's account has an uncanny parallel with Kafka's novel, Der Prozess (The Trial) in which two officials accost the novel's protagonist Joseph ... «CounterCurrents.org, Jul 15»

Movie review: 'Jimmy's Hall'

It's not until some local teens accost him in the street that we begin to understand Jimmy's provocative past. They beg him to reopen the dance ... «NorthJersey.com, Jul 15»

Letter: Escape highlights need for citizen self-protection

As the criminal elements break down your door or window or attempt to rob, accost or carjack you on the streets, there is only one thing I want, ... «Buffalo News, Jul 15»

For generations, these Brazilian women harvested the sea, but …

... says many women no longer feel safe going to the beach or meeting in the town square because men accost them. The region also has very ... «WCAI, Jul 15»

This 7-Year-Old Girl Completely Shut Down A Homophobic …

But even so, a preacher decided to take the opportunity to accost festival attendees with "graphic, and bigoted" rhetoric. "You can live a life ... «Mic, Jul 15»

How 12 children scarred by Congo wars are learning to cope in …

Nsii and her comrades would lie in wait along the roadside and accost people going by. They fired their guns to intimidate their victims, sometimes hitting and ... «Reveal, Jul 15»

Newbury man ordered to stay away from ex-girlfriend

Monday in district court, Jordan's accost/annoy person of opposite sex charge was continued without finding for 14 months. He was ordered to ... «The Daily News of Newburyport, Jul 15»

Inside the Statehouse

... policeman stopped them, the driver could accost the officer without any repercussions because we will not have a functioning court system to ... «Atmore News, Jun 15»