accept

Speech parts

1. accept - Adjective

2. accept - Verb

Meaning

To receive with a consenting mind (something offered); as, to accept a gift; -- often followed by of.

To receive with favor; to approve.

To receive or admit and agree to; to assent to; as, I accept your proposal, amendment, or excuse.

To take by the mind; to understand; as, How are these words to be accepted?

To receive as obligatory and promise to pay; as, to accept a bill of exchange.

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.]

Accepted.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

take admit bear consent take on have allow believe receive agree recognize permit grant assume adopt
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Antonyms

reject decline refuse welsh raj scout
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Hypernyms

brook have support take get bear

Hyponyms

take give allow know believe receive

Phrases with the word

not accept do you accept American dollars your mission, should you choose to accept it accept orders from accept responsibility accept as true

Derivatives

accepted accepting

Examples

I shall have to accept these unpleasant working conditions Source: Internet

I swallowed the insult Source: Internet

She has learned to live with her husband's little idiosyncrasies Source: Internet

I cannot accept the dogma of this church Source: Internet

accept an argument Source: Internet

The cow accepted the bull Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

accentuation accentuator accentus accept a defeat accept a job offer accept apology