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Definition of Accept
1. Verb. Consider or hold as true. "Accept an argument"
Generic synonyms: Evaluate, Judge, Pass Judgment
Derivative terms: Acceptance, Acceptant, Acceptation, Acceptation
Antonyms: Reject
2. Verb. Receive willingly something given or offered. "Please accept my present"
Related verbs: Have, Receive
Generic synonyms: Acquire, Get
Specialized synonyms: Admit, Take, Take On, Welcome, Honor, Honour, Adopt, Borrow, Take Over, Take Up
Derivative terms: Acceptance, Acceptation, Taker
Antonyms: Refuse
Also: Take In, Take Over, Take Over, Take Up
3. Verb. Give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to. "I go for this resolution"
Specialized synonyms: Give, Agree, Settle, Contract In, Allow, Countenance, Let, Permit, Buckle Under, Give In, Knuckle Under, Succumb, Yield, Take In Charge, Undertake
Generic synonyms: React, Respond
Derivative terms: Acceptation, Acceptation, Consent
Antonyms: Refuse
4. Verb. React favorably to; consider right and proper. "We accept the idea of universal health care"
Derivative terms: Acceptance, Acceptance, Acceptant, Acceptation, Acceptation, Acceptive, Acceptive
5. Verb. Admit into a group or community. "Sam cannot accept Sue "; "We'll have to vote on whether or not to admit a new member"
Specialized synonyms: Profess
Generic synonyms: Have, Take
Related verbs: Admit, Include, Let In
6. Verb. Take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person. "She agreed to bear the responsibility"
Generic synonyms: Take
Specialized synonyms: Carry-the Can, Face The Music
Derivative terms: Assumption
7. Verb. Tolerate or accommodate oneself to. "She has learned to live with her husband's little idiosyncrasies"
Generic synonyms: Abide, Bear, Brook, Digest, Endure, Put Up, Stand, Stick Out, Stomach, Suffer, Support, Tolerate
Derivative terms: Acceptance
8. Verb. Be designed to hold or take. "This surface will not take the dye"
9. Verb. Receive (a report) officially, as from a committee.
10. Verb. Make use of or accept for some purpose. "Take an opportunity"
11. Verb. Be sexually responsive to, used of a female domesticated mammal. "The cow accepted the bull"
Definition of Accept
1. v. t. To receive with a consenting mind (something offered); as, to accept a gift; -- often followed by of.
2. a. Accepted.
Definition of Accept
1. Verb. (context: transitive) To receive, especially with a consent, with favour, or with approval. ¹
2. Verb. (context: transitive) To admit to a place or a group. ¹
3. Verb. (context: transitive) To regard as proper, usual, true, or to believe in. ¹
4. Verb. (context: transitive) To receive as adequate or satisfactory. ¹
5. Verb. (context: transitive) To receive or admit to; to agree to; to assent to; to submit to. ¹
6. Verb. (transitive) To endure patiently. ¹
7. Verb. (context: transitive legal business) To agree to pay. ¹
8. Verb. (context: transitive) To receive officially ¹
9. Verb. (context: intransitive) To receive something willingly. ¹
10. Adjective. (context: obsolete) Accepted. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Accept
1. to receive willingly [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Accept
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