accept
/ək'sept/
Definition
- Verb:
- To receive or take something offered willingly: To agree to take something that is given or presented.
- To agree to or approve of something: To regard something as suitable, valid, or right.
- To admit or acknowledge a fact or situation: To recognize something as true or inevitable.
- To tolerate or endure something: To put up with an unpleasant situation or condition.
- To take on a responsibility or obligation: To agree to bear the cost or burden of something.
- To allow someone into a group: To admit someone as a member.
Examples of Usage
- Verb:
- She decided to accept the job offer. (She agreed to take the position.)
- Please accept this gift as a token of our appreciation. (Please receive this gift willingly.)
- The committee voted to accept the new proposal. (The committee agreed to approve the proposal.)
- I cannot accept your apology. (I cannot regard your apology as sufficient.)
- He had to accept the fact that he was wrong. (He had to acknowledge the truth.)
- The school accepts students from all backgrounds. (The school admits students.)
- She had to accept the difficult circumstances. (She had to tolerate the situation.)
Advanced Usage
- "To accept responsibility": To agree that one is accountable for something.
- The company's CEO accepted full responsibility for the failure.
- "To accept an invitation": To say yes to an offer to attend an event.
- We are pleased to accept your invitation to the wedding.
- "To accept a challenge": To agree to take on a difficult task.
- She accepted the challenge of learning a new language.
- "To accept defeat": To admit that one has lost.
- After a long struggle, he finally accepted defeat.
Variants and Related Words
- Acceptable (adj): Able to be agreed on; suitable or satisfactory.
- The terms of the agreement are acceptable.
- Acceptance (n): The action of consenting to receive or undertake something; the process of being received as adequate or valid.
- His acceptance into the university was a great achievement.
- Accepted (adj): Generally believed or recognized to be valid or correct.
- It is an accepted fact that exercise is good for health.
Synonyms
- Receive: To be given, presented with, or paid something.
- Take: To lay hold of something with one's hands; to receive or accept.
- Agree to: To consent to a proposal or idea.
- Acknowledge: To accept or admit the existence or truth of.
- Endure: To suffer something painful or difficult patiently.
- Admit: To allow entry; to confess to be true.
Related Phrasal Verbs
- Accept of (archaic/formal): To receive or take something offered.
- He graciously accepted of their hospitality.
Related Idioms
- Accept at face value: To believe that something is what it appears to be, without questioning it.
- You shouldn't accept all news stories at face value.
- Accept with good grace: To accept something, especially something unwelcome, in a polite and cheerful way.
- He accepted their criticism with good grace.
Verb
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be sexually responsive to, used of a female domesticated mammal
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The cow accepted the bull
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make use of or accept for some purpose
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take a risk
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take an opportunity
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receive (a report) officially, as from a committee
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be designed to hold or take
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This surface will not take the dye
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tolerate or accommodate oneself to
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I shall have to accept these unpleasant working conditions
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I swallowed the insult
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She has learned to live with her husband's little idiosyncrasies
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take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person
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I'll accept the charges
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She agreed to bear the responsibility
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admit into a group or community
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accept students for graduate study
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We'll have to vote on whether or not to admit a new member
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react favorably to; consider right and proper
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People did not accept atonal music at that time
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We accept the idea of universal health care
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give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to
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I cannot accept your invitation
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I go for this resolution
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receive willingly something given or offered
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The only girl who would have him was the miller's daughter
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I won't have this dog in my house!
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Please accept my present
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consider or hold as true
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I cannot accept the dogma of this church
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accept an argument
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