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 have bear consent assume swallow take on brook support own taken received get allow

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Antonyms

reject decline refuse welsh raj scout

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Hypernyms

brook have support take get bear

Hyponyms

take allow give know believe receive

Phrases with the word

not accept accept responsibility accept defeat accept the consequences accept as true accept eagerly

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