accept
verb (used with object)
to take or receive (something offered); receive with approval or favor.
had accepted
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past perfectof accept.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Shortly after becoming prime minister in 2024, Sir Keir Starmer became embroiled in a row over the gifts he had accepted including tickets to a Taylor Swift concert and thousands of pounds for clothes.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
Despite a disappointing trial result earlier this year, the two firms said the European Medicines Agency had accepted its application for approval of its treatment, formally called PF-07307405.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
Skubal had accepted by the end of his last start that he was going to be moving on.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
Audiences had accepted Hitchcock in the role he had created for himself.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
He demanded the return of his gifts, which she had accepted in bad faith.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
