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US
/ækˈsɛpt, əkˈsɛpt/
]
[ UK /ɐksˈɛpt/ ]
[ UK /ɐksˈɛpt/ ]
VERB
-
take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person
I'll accept the charges
She agreed to bear the responsibility -
make use of or accept for some purpose
take an opportunity
take a risk -
receive willingly something given or offered
I won't have this dog in my house!
The only girl who would have him was the miller's daughter
Please accept my present -
react favorably to; consider right and proper
We accept the idea of universal health care
People did not accept atonal music at that time -
tolerate or accommodate oneself to
I shall have to accept these unpleasant working conditions
I swallowed the insult
She has learned to live with her husband's little idiosyncrasies -
admit into a group or community
We'll have to vote on whether or not to admit a new member
accept students for graduate study -
be designed to hold or take
This surface will not take the dye -
be sexually responsive to, used of a female domesticated mammal
The cow accepted the bull - receive (a report) officially, as from a committee
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consider or hold as true
accept an argument
I cannot accept the dogma of this church -
give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to
I go for this resolution
I cannot accept your invitation
How To Use accept In A Sentence
- Once tawhid is accepted as the first axiom of thought, the goal of life becomes bridging the gap between the asserter and the asserted. William C. Chittick, Ph.D.: Islam and the Goal of Love
- On the other hand, a blazer and slacks would probably be acceptable. Times, Sunday Times
- In her acceptance speech, the winner thanked the almighty and promised to do even better at the all-India level.
- If you accept that you have to do mass education - and, to keep costs low and for a lot of other reasons, I think that's not an unreasonable conclusion - you have to systematize it.
- With automobile insurance, for example, an insurance company accepts part of the risk that you will be involved in a car accident. Microeconomics: Price Theory in Practice
- The theory I do not accept: one simply folds his sails, unships his rudder, and waits the will of Providence, or the arrival of some compelling fate. Saunterings
- The emphasis will continue to be on prod-ucts that gain the widest appeal and most acceptance within this group.
- This type of power - a culture that radiates outward and a market that draws inward - rests on pull, not on push; on acceptance, not on imposition.
- Such a usage is ethically unacceptable, politically manipulative and decidedly unhistorical.
- It checks bank account numbers before accepting them and will detect many common transcription errors, including incorrectly entered and transposed characters. Times, Sunday Times
