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| 1. | [ verb ] consider or hold as true | |
| Examples: | "I cannot accept the dogma of this church" "accept an argument" |
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| Related terms: | reject judge believe acknowledge receive respect resign espouse take_a_bow approbate credence | |
| 2. | [ verb ] receive willingly something given or offered | |
| Synonyms: | take have | |
| Examples: | "The only girl who would have him was the miller's daughter" "I won't have this dog in my house!" "Please accept my present" |
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| Related terms: | refuse get welcome adopt honor honor bear adopt absorb take_in receive acceptance | |
| 3. | [ verb ] give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to | |
| Synonyms: | consent go_for | |
| Examples: | : "I cannot accept your invitation" "I go for this resolution" |
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| Related terms: | refuse react affirm permit agree yield settle undertake contract_in give consent | |
| 4. | [ verb ] react favorably to; consider right and proper | |
| Examples: | "People did not accept atonal music at that time" "We accept the idea of universal health care" |
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| Related terms: | react adoption acceptation | |
| 5. | [ verb ] admit into a group or community | |
| Synonyms: | take take_on admit | |
| Examples: | "accept students for graduate study" "We'll have to vote on whether or not to admit a new member" |
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| Related terms: | profess admit | |
| 6. | [ verb ] take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person | |
| Synonyms: | assume take_over bear | |
| Examples: | "I'll accept the charges" "She agreed to bear the responsibility" |
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| Related terms: | take face_the_music assumption | |
| 7. | [ verb ] tolerate or accommodate oneself to | |
| Synonyms: | live_with swallow | |
| Examples: | "I shall have to accept these unpleasant working conditions" "I swallowed the insult" "She has learned to live with her husband's little idiosyncracies" |
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| Related terms: | endure toleration | |
| 8. | [ verb ] be designed to hold or take | |
| Synonyms: | take | |
| Examples: | "This surface will not take the dye" |
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| Related terms: | be | |
| 9. | [ verb ] of a deliberative body: receive (a report) officially, as from a committee | |
| Related terms: | receive acceptation | |
| 10. | [ verb ] make use of or accept for some purpose | |
| Synonyms: | take | |
| Examples: | "take a risk" "take an opportunity" |
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| Related terms: | co-opt | |
| 11. | [ verb ] be sexually responsive to, used of a female domesticated mammal | |
| Examples: | "The cow accepted the bull" |
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| Related terms: | react | |
| Similar spelling: |
acceptor accepted acceptive accepting acceptant |
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