accept

ac·cept (

k-s

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v. ac·cept·ed, ac·cept·ing, ac·cepts

v.tr.

1. To receive (something offered), especially with gladness or approval: accepted a glass of water; accepted their contract.

2. To admit to a group, organization, or place: accepted me as a new member of the club.

a. To regard as proper, usual, or right: Such customs are widely accepted.

b. To regard as true; believe in: Scientists have accepted the new theory.

c. To understand as having a specific meaning.

4. To endure resignedly or patiently: accept one's fate.

a. To answer affirmatively: accept an invitation.

b. To agree to take (a duty or responsibility).

6. To be able to hold (something applied or inserted): This wood will not accept oil paints.

7. To receive officially: accept the committee's report.

8. To consent to pay, as by a signed agreement.

9. Medicine To receive (a transplanted organ or tissue) without immunological rejection.

v.intr.

To receive something, especially with favor. Often used with of.

[Middle English accepten, from Latin acceptre, frequentative of accipere, to receive : ad-, ad- + capere, to take; see kap- in Indo-European roots.]

Verb

1. to take or receive something offered

2. to agree to

3. to consider something as true

4. to tolerate or resign oneself to

5. to take on the responsibilities of: he asked if I would become his assistant and I accepted that position

6. to receive someone into a community or group

7. to receive something as adequate or valid [Latin acceptare]

ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms

Verb	1.	accept - consider or hold as true; "I cannot accept the dogma of this church"; "accept an argument" recognize, acknowledge, know, recognise - accept (someone) to be what is claimed or accept his power and authority; "The Crown Prince was acknowledged as the true heir to the throne"; "We do not recognize your gods" sweep up, embrace, espouse, adopt - take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own; "She embraced Catholicism"; "They adopted the Jewish faith" pass judgment, evaluate, judge - form a critical opinion of; "I cannot judge some works of modern art"; "How do you evaluate this grant proposal?" "We shouldn't pass judgment on other people" believe - accept as true; take to be true; "I believed his report"; "We didn't believe his stories from the War"; "She believes in spirits" receive - accept as true or valid; "He received Christ" approbate - accept (documents) as valid accept - react favorably to; consider right and proper; "People did not accept atonal music at that time"; "We accept the idea of universal health care" reconcile, resign, submit - accept as inevitable; "He resigned himself to his fate" acknowledge - accept as legally binding and valid; "acknowledge the deed" take a bow - acknowledge praise or accept credit; "They finally took a bow for what they did" abide by, honor, honour, respect, observe - show respect towards; "honor your parents!" reject - refuse to accept or acknowledge; "I reject the idea of starting a war"; "The journal rejected the student's paper"
	2.	accept - receive willingly something given or offered; "The only girl who would have him was the miller's daughter"; "I won't have this dog in my house!"; "Please accept my present" take, have receive, have - get something; come into possession of; "receive payment"; "receive a gift"; "receive letters from the front" acquire, get - come into the possession of something concrete or abstract; "She got a lot of paintings from her uncle"; "They acquired a new pet"; "Get your results the next day"; "Get permission to take a few days off from work" admit, take on, accept, take - admit into a group or community; "accept students for graduate study"; "We'll have to vote on whether or not to admit a new member" welcome - accept gladly; "I welcome your proposals" honor, honour - accept as pay; "we honor checks and drafts" adopt, borrow, take up, take over - take up and practice as one's own pass up, turn down, decline, refuse, reject - refuse to accept; "He refused my offer of hospitality"
	3.	accept - give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to; "I cannot accept your invitation"; "I go for this resolution" consent, go for give - consent to engage in sexual intercourse with a man; "She gave herself to many men" react, respond - show a response or a reaction to something agree - consent or assent to a condition, or agree to do something; "She agreed to all my conditions"; "He agreed to leave her alone" settle - accept despite lack of complete satisfaction; "We settled for a lower price" contract in - consent in writing to pay money to a trade union for political use countenance, permit, allow, let - consent to, give permission; "She permitted her son to visit her estranged husband"; "I won't let the police search her basement"; "I cannot allow you to see your exam" buckle under, knuckle under, succumb, give in, yield - consent reluctantly take in charge, undertake - accept as a charge refuse, decline - show unwillingness towards; "he declined to join the group on a hike"
	4.	accept - react favorably to; consider right and proper; "People did not accept atonal music at that time"; "We accept the idea of universal health care" accept - consider or hold as true; "I cannot accept the dogma of this church"; "accept an argument" react, respond - show a response or a reaction to something
	5.	accept - admit into a group or community; "accept students for graduate study"; "We'll have to vote on whether or not to admit a new member" admit, take on, take profess - receive into a religious order or congregation accept, take, have - receive willingly something given or offered; "The only girl who would have him was the miller's daughter"; "I won't have this dog in my house!"; "Please accept my present" let in, admit, include - allow participation in or the right to be part of; permit to exercise the rights, functions, and responsibilities of; "admit someone to the profession"; "She was admitted to the New Jersey Bar"
	6.	accept - take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person; "I'll accept the charges"; "She agreed to bear the responsibility" assume, take over, bear take - take into one's possession; "We are taking an orphan from Romania"; "I'll take three salmon steaks" carry-the can, face the music - accept the unpleasant consequences of one's actions
	7.	accept - 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" live with, swallow brook, endure, tolerate, stomach, abide, bear, digest, stick out, suffer, put up, stand, support - put up with something or somebody unpleasant; "I cannot bear his constant criticism"; "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks"; "he learned to tolerate the heat"; "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage"
	8.	accept - be designed to hold or take; "This surface will not take the dye" take be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer"
	9.	accept - receive (a report) officially, as from a committee receive, have - get something; come into possession of; "receive payment"; "receive a gift"; "receive letters from the front"
	10.	accept - make use of or accept for some purpose; "take a risk"; "take an opportunity" take co-opt - take or assume for one's own use; "He co-opted the criticism and embraced it"
	11.	accept - be sexually responsive to, used of a female domesticated mammal; "The cow accepted the bull" react, respond - show a response or a reaction to something