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1. (v.t.) accept
to take or receive (something offered).
2. accept
to receive with approval or favor:
to accept a proposal.
3. accept
to receive or admit as adequate or satisfactory:
to accept an apology.
4. accept
to respond or answer affirmatively to:
to accept an invitation.
5. accept
to undertake the duties, responsibilities, or honors of:
to accept the office of president.
6. accept
to admit formally, as to a college or club.
7. accept
to accommodate or reconcile oneself to:
to accept the situation.
8. accept
to regard as true or sound; believe.
9. accept
to regard as normal, suitable, or usual.
10. accept
to receive as to meaning; understand.
11. accept
to agree to pay, as a draft.
12. accept
to receive or contain (something attached, inserted, etc.):
This socket won't accept a three-pronged plug.
13. accept
to receive (a transplanted organ or tissue) without adverse reaction.
14. (v.i.) accept
to accept an invitation, gift, position, etc. (sometimes fol. by of).
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME < MF accepter < L acceptāre, freq. of accipere to receive =
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| Definition of 'accept' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) accept
consider or hold as true
"I cannot accept the dogma of this church"; "accept an argument"
2. (verb) accept, take, have
receive willingly something given or offered
"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"
3. (verb) accept, consent, go for
give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to
"I cannot accept your invitation"; "I go for this resolution"
4. (verb) accept
react favorably to; consider right and proper
"People did not accept atonal music at that time"; "We accept the idea of universal health care"
5. (verb) accept, admit, take, take on
admit into a group or community
"accept students for graduate study"; "We'll have to vote on whether or not to admit a new member"
6. (verb) bear, take over, accept, assume
take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person
"I'll accept the charges"; "She agreed to bear the responsibility"
7. (verb) accept, live with, swallow
tolerate or accommodate oneself to
"I shall have to accept these unpleasant working conditions"; "I swallowed the insult"; "She has learned to live with her husband's little idiosyncrasies"
8. (verb) accept, take
be designed to hold or take
"This surface will not take the dye"
9. (verb) accept
receive (a report) officially, as from a committee
10. (verb) take, accept
make use of or accept for some purpose
"take a risk"; "take an opportunity"
11. (verb) accept
be sexually responsive to, used of a female domesticated mammal
"The cow accepted the bull"
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1. (verb) accept
≠ refuse
to accept a gift
2. accept
≠ turn down
She accepted a ride home.; Did he accept the job?
3. accept
≠ deny
You have to accept that you're getting older.
4. accept
accept blame
to admit you did sth wrong
The company accepts the blame for the accident.
5. accept
accept responsibility
to recognize that sth is your responsibility
people who accept responsibility for their actions
6. accept
≠ reject
She's been accepted at three good schools.; They were never accepted by the community.
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| Definition of 'accept' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) accept
accepted
2. (verb) accept
to receive with a consenting mind (something offered); as, to accept a gift; -- often followed by of
3. (verb) accept
to receive with favor; to approve
4. (verb) accept
to receive or admit and agree to; to assent to; as, I accept your proposal, amendment, or excuse
5. (verb) accept
to take by the mind; to understand; as, How are these words to be accepted?
6. (verb) accept
to receive as obligatory and promise to pay; as, to accept a bill of exchange
7. (verb) accept
in a deliberate body, to receive in acquittance of a duty imposed; as, to accept the report of a committee. [This makes it the property of the body, and the question is then on its adoption.]
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Sense: to take (something offered)
He accepted the gift.
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 Afrikaans: aanvaar |
 Arabic: يَقْبَل، يَتَقَبَّل |
 Bulgarian: приемам |
 Brazilian: aceitar |
 Czech: přijmout |
 German: annehmen |
 Danish: tage imod |
 Greek: δέχομαι |
 Spanish: aceptar |
 Estonian: vastu võtma |
 Farsi: پذیرفتن |
 Finnish: ottaa vastaan |
 French: accepter |
 Hebrew: לְקַבֵּל |
 Hindi: स्वीकार करना |
 Croatian: prihvatiti |
 Hungarian: elfogad |
 Indonesian: menerima |
 Icelandic: þiggja |
 Italian: accettare |
 Japanese: 受取る |
 Korean: 받아들이다 |
 Lithuanian: priimti |
 Latvian: pieņemt (piedāvājumu) |
 Malay: terima |
 Dutch: aannemen |
 Norwegian: ta imot |
 Polish: przyjmować |
 Persian: پذیرفتن |
 Pashto: منل |
 Portuguese: aceitar |
 Romanian: a accepta, a primi |
 Russian: принимать |
 Slovak: prijať |
 Slovenian: sprejeti |
 Serbian: primiti |
 Swedish: motta |
 Thai: รับ |
 Turkish: kabul etmek, almak |
 Taiwanese: 接受 |
 Ukrainian: приймати |
 Urdu: قبول کرنا |
 Vietnamese: chấp nhận |
 Chinese: 接受 |
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