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List of meaning for accept

to agree to take or receive

accept(verb)

consider or hold as true

"I cannot accept the dogma of this church"; "accept an argument"

accept, take, have(verb)

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"

accept, consent, go for(verb)

give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to

"I cannot accept your invitation"; "I go for this resolution"

accept(verb)

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, admit, take, take on(verb)

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"

bear, take over, accept, assume(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"

accept, live with, swallow(verb)

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"

accept, take(verb)

be designed to hold or take

"This surface will not take the dye"

accept(verb)

receive (a report) officially, as from a committee

take, accept(verb)

make use of or accept for some purpose

"take a risk"; "take an opportunity"

accept(verb)

be sexually responsive to, used of a female domesticated mammal

"The cow accepted the bull"

to agree to receive whether willingly or reluctantly

some merchants in town will accept Canadian coins

to have a favorable opinion of

her husband feels that he has never been truly accepted by his wife's family

to regard as right or true

refused to accept that her friend had said those mean things

to take to or upon oneself

accepted the responsibility of sending out the invitations

to put up with (something painful or difficult)

he accepted all of life's vicissitudes without complaint

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