accept
to take or receive (something offered); receive with approval or favor: to accept a present;to accept a proposal.
to agree or consent to; accede to: to accept a treaty;to accept an apology.
to respond or answer affirmatively to: to accept an invitation.
to undertake the responsibility, duties, honors, etc., of: to accept the office of president.
to receive or admit formally, as to a college or club.
to accommodate or reconcile oneself to: to accept the situation.
to regard as true or sound; believe: to accept a claim;to accept Catholicism.
to regard as normal, suitable, or usual.
to receive as to meaning; understand.
Commerce. to acknowledge, by signature, as calling for payment, and thus to agree to pay, as a draft.
(in a deliberative body) to receive as an adequate performance of the duty with which an officer or a committee has been charged; receive for further action: The report of the committee was accepted.
to receive or contain (something attached, inserted, etc.): This socket won't accept a three-pronged plug.
to receive (a transplanted organ or tissue) without adverse reaction.: Compare reject (def. 7).
to accept an invitation, gift, position, etc. (sometimes followed by of).
Origin of accept
1confusables note For accept
Other words for accept
Opposites for accept
Other words from accept
- pre·ac·cept, verb
- re·ac·cept, verb (used with object)
Words that may be confused with accept
- accept , except (see usage note at the current entry)
Words Nearby accept
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How to use accept in a sentence
First, they obviously make it easier to vote by mail — a more generous window for accepting ballots means fewer voters will be disenfranchised for mailing their ballots too late.
Why Four Pivotal Swing States Likely Won’t Be Called On Election Night | Nathaniel Rakich (nathaniel.rakich@fivethirtyeight.com) | September 25, 2020 | FiveThirtyEightSome news publishers, including Reuters and Bloomberg, have policies against accepting political advertising.
‘Total whack a mole’: Rogue political ads create mounting brand safety problems for publishers | Max Willens | September 25, 2020 | DigidayXiaomi accepted the proposition and doled out an investment for the startup’s angel round in 2017.
The eSIM maker powering Xiaomi’s IoT devices raises $15M | Rita Liao | September 25, 2020 | TechCrunchHis 2018 study, co-authored with entomologists at the Washington State University bee lab, had been accepted by the journal Nature Scientific Reports.
The Fungal Evangelist Who Would Save the Bees - Issue 90: Something Green | Merlin Sheldrake | September 23, 2020 | NautilusBoth decisions were early indications the nation was beginning to head into a different direction to accept.
‘Skim milk’ marriages not enough: Ginsburg remembered as LGBTQ ally | Chris Johnson | September 21, 2020 | Washington Blade
In the meantime, he should just accept that the holdup has nothing to do with his politics.
Conservative Curt Says His Politics, Not His Pitching, Kept Him Out of the Hall of Fame | Ben Jacobs | January 9, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTOr as her mother tells her, sternly, “You got to accept that life is full of disappointments.”
Many Muslims may disagree with my view, or interpret Islam in a more moderate way, but I cannot accept this religion myself.
What It’s Like to Be an Atheist in Palestine | Waleed al-Husseini, Movements.Org | December 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAt the end of his prayer, the grand mufti whispered aloud: “May God accept it.”
Does Pope Francis Believe Christians and Muslims Worship the Same God? | Jay Parini | December 7, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIndeed, does Francis, or any Christian, genuinely accept that God is God, whether his name be Allah or God?
Does Pope Francis Believe Christians and Muslims Worship the Same God? | Jay Parini | December 7, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe Act permits member banks to accept an amount of bills not exceeding 50 per cent.
Readings in Money and Banking | Chester Arthur PhillipsAt the end of the first year, however, she resigned this privilege because she did not wish to accept the conditions of the gift.
Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D. | Clara Erskine ClementI desired the captain would please to accept this ring in return of his civilities, which he absolutely refused.
Gulliver's Travels | Jonathan SwiftThis fact worried him considerably, and made him persist in his own mind that the company would accept it.
The Homesteader | Oscar MicheauxAs an M.P. you are duly qualified to accept any appointment under the Crown when the Government ask you.
British Dictionary definitions for accept
/ (əkˈsɛpt) /
to take or receive (something offered)
to give an affirmative reply to: to accept an invitation
to take on the responsibilities, duties, etc, of: he accepted office
to tolerate or accommodate oneself to
to consider as true or believe in (a philosophy, theory, etc): I cannot accept your argument
(may take a clause as object) to be willing to grant or believe: you must accept that he lied
to receive with approval or admit, as into a community, group, etc
commerce to agree to pay (a bill, draft, shipping document, etc), esp by signing
to receive as adequate, satisfactory, or valid
to receive, take, or hold (something applied, inserted, etc)
(intr sometimes foll by of) archaic to take or receive an offer, invitation, etc
Origin of accept
1Derived forms of accept
- accepter, noun
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