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Overview of verb accept

      »   The verb accept has 11 meanings (first 7 from tagged texts)

• accept -- (Consider1.) See, consider, reckon, view, regard -- (deem to be; "She views this quite differently from me"; "I consider her to be shallow"; "I don't see the situation quite as negatively as you do")
  
  2.) Study, consider -- (give careful consideration to; "consider the possibility of moving")
  
  consider or Hold1.) Clasp, clench, clutch, clutches, grasp, grip, hold -- (the act of grasping; "he released his clasp on my arm"; "he has a strong grip for an old man"; "she kept a firm hold on the railing")
  
  2.) Appreciation, grasp, hold -- (understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something; "he has a good grasp of accounting practices")
  
  hold as True1.) True -- (proper alignment; the property possessed by something that is in correct or proper alignment; "out of true")
  
  1.) True, true up -- (make level, square, balanced, or concentric; "true up the cylinder of an engine")
  
  true; "I cannot accept the Dogma1.) Dogma, tenet -- (a religious doctrine that is proclaimed as true without proof)
  
  2.) Dogma -- (a doctrine or code of beliefs accepted as authoritative; "he believed all the Marxist dogma")
  
  dogma of this church"; "accept an argument")

• accept, Take1.) Return, issue, take, takings, proceeds, yield, payoff -- (the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property; "the average return was about 5%")
  
  2.) Take -- (the act of photographing a scene or part of a scene without interruption)
  
  take, have -- (Receive1.) Receive, have -- (get something; come into possession of; "receive payment"; "receive a gift"; "receive letters from the front")
  
  2.) Receive, get, find, obtain, incur -- (receive a specified treatment (abstract); "These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation"; "His movie received a good review"; "I got nothing but trouble for my good intentions")
  
  receive willingly Something1.) Something -- (a thing of some kind; "is there something you want?")
  
  something given or Offered1.) Offer -- (make available or accessible, provide or furnish; "The conference center offers a health spa"; "The hotel offers private meeting rooms")
  
  2.) Offer, proffer -- (present for acceptance or rejection; "She offered us all a cold drink")
  
  offered; "The Only1.) Lone, lonesome, only, sole, solitary -- (being the only one; single and isolated from others; "the lone doctor in the entire county"; "a lonesome pine"; "an only child"; "the sole heir"; "the sole example"; "a solitary instance of cowardice"; "a solitary speck in the sky")
  
  2.) Alone, only -- (exclusive of anyone or anything else; "she alone believed him"; "cannot live by bread alone"; "I'll have this car and this car only")
  
  only girl who would have him was the miller's daughter"; "I won't have this Dog1.) Dog, domestic dog, Canis familiaris -- (a member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times; occurs in many breeds; "the dog barked all night")
  
  2.) Frump, dog -- (a dull unattractive unpleasant girl or woman; "she got a reputation as a frump"; "she's a real dog")
  
  dog in my house!"; "Please1.) Please, delight -- (give pleasure to or be pleasing to; "These colors please the senses"; "a pleasing sensation")
  
  2.) Please -- (be the will of or have the will (to); "he could do many things if he pleased")
  
  Please accept my present")

• accept, Consent1.) Consent -- (permission to do something; "he indicated his consent")
  
  1.) Accept, consent, go for -- (give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to; "I cannot accept your invitation"; "I go for this resolution")
  
  consent, go for -- (Give1.) Give, spring, springiness -- (the elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length)
  
  1.) Give -- (cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense; "She gave him a black eye"; "The draft gave me a cold")
  
  give an Affirmative1.) Affirmative -- (a reply of affirmation; "he answered in the affirmative")
  
  1.) Affirmative, affirmatory -- (affirming or giving assent; "an affirmative decision"; "affirmative votes"; "an affirmative nod"; "an affirmatory gesture")
  
  affirmative reply to; Respond1.) React, respond -- (show a response or a reaction to something)
  
  2.) Answer, reply, respond -- (reply or respond to; "She didn't want to answer"; "answer the question"; "We answered that we would accept the invitation")
  
  respond favorably to; "I cannot accept your invitation"; "I Go1.) Go, spell, tour, turn -- (a time for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else); "it's my go"; "a spell of work")
  
  2.) Adam, ecstasy, XTC, go, disco biscuit, cristal, X, hug drug -- (street names for methylenedioxymethamphetamine)
  
  go for this resolution")

• accept -- (React1.) React, respond -- (show a response or a reaction to something)
  
  2.) React -- (undergo a chemical reaction; react with another substance under certain conditions; "The hydrogen and the oxygen react")
  
  react favorably to; Consider1.) See, consider, reckon, view, regard -- (deem to be; "She views this quite differently from me"; "I consider her to be shallow"; "I don't see the situation quite as negatively as you do")
  
  2.) Study, consider -- (give careful consideration to; "consider the possibility of moving")
  
  consider right and Proper1.) Proper -- (marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness; "proper medical treatment"; "proper manners")
  
  2.) Proper -- (limited to the thing specified; "the city proper"; "his claim is connected with the deed proper")
  
  proper; "People did not accept Atonal1.) Atonal, unkeyed -- (characterized by avoidance of traditional Western tonality)
  
  atonal music at that time"; "We accept the Idea1.) Idea, thought -- (the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about; "it was not a good idea"; "the thought never entered my mind")
  
  2.) Idea -- (a personal view; "he has an idea that we don't like him")
  
  idea of Universal1.) Universal, linguistic universal -- ((linguistics) a grammatical rule (or other linguistic feature) that is found in all languages)
  
  2.) Universal, universal proposition -- ((logic) a proposition that asserts something of all members of a class)
  
  universal health care")

• accept, Admit1.) Admit, acknowledge -- (declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of; "He admitted his errors"; "She acknowledged that she might have forgotten")
  
  2.) Admit, allow in, let in, intromit -- (allow to enter; grant entry to; "We cannot admit non-members into our club")
  
  admit, take, Take1.) Return, issue, take, takings, proceeds, yield, payoff -- (the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property; "the average return was about 5%")
  
  2.) Take -- (the act of photographing a scene or part of a scene without interruption)
  
  take on -- (Admit1.) Admit, acknowledge -- (declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of; "He admitted his errors"; "She acknowledged that she might have forgotten")
  
  2.) Admit, allow in, let in, intromit -- (allow to enter; grant entry to; "We cannot admit non-members into our club")
  
  admit into a Group1.) Group, grouping -- (any number of entities (members) considered as a unit)
  
  2.) Group, radical, chemical group -- ((chemistry) two or more atoms bound together as a single unit and forming part of a molecule)
  
  group or Community1.) Community -- (a group of people living in a particular local area; "the team is drawn from all parts of the community")
  
  2.) Community -- (a group of people having ethnic or cultural or religious characteristics in common; "the Christian community of the apostolic age"; "he was well known throughout the Catholic community")
  
  community; "accept Students1.) Student, pupil, educatee -- (a learner who is enrolled in an educational institution)
  
  2.) Scholar, scholarly person, bookman, student -- (a learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines)
  
  students for Graduate1.) Alumnus, alumna, alum, graduate, grad -- (a person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university))
  
  2.) Graduate -- (a measuring instrument for measuring fluid volume; a glass container (cup or cylinder or flask) whose sides are marked with or divided into amounts)
  
  graduate study"; "We'll have to Vote1.) Vote, ballot, voting, balloting -- (a choice that is made by counting the number of people in favor of each alternative; "there were only 17 votes in favor of the motion")
  
  2.) Vote -- (the opinion of a group as determined by voting; "they put the question to a vote")
  
  vote on whether or not to Admit1.) Admit, acknowledge -- (declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of; "He admitted his errors"; "She acknowledged that she might have forgotten")
  
  2.) Admit, allow in, let in, intromit -- (allow to enter; grant entry to; "We cannot admit non-members into our club")
  
  admit a New1.) New -- (not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered; "a new law"; "new cars"; "a new comet"; "a new friend"; "a new year"; "the New World")
  
  2.) New -- (other than the former one(s); different; "they now have a new leaders"; "my new car is four years old but has only 15,000 miles on it"; "ready to take a new direction")
  
  new member")

• bear, Take1.) Return, issue, take, takings, proceeds, yield, payoff -- (the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property; "the average return was about 5%")
  
  2.) Take -- (the act of photographing a scene or part of a scene without interruption)
  
  take over, accept, Assume1.) Assume, presume, take for granted -- (take to be the case or to be true; accept without verification or proof; "I assume his train was late")
  
  2.) Assume, adopt, take on, take over -- (take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities; "When will the new President assume office?")
  
  assume -- (Take1.) Return, issue, take, takings, proceeds, yield, payoff -- (the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property; "the average return was about 5%")
  
  2.) Take -- (the act of photographing a scene or part of a scene without interruption)
  
  take on as one's Own1.) Own, have, possess -- (have ownership or possession of; "He owns three houses in Florida"; "How many cars does she have?")
  
  1.) Own, ain -- (belonging to or on behalf of a specified person (especially yourself); preceded by a possessive; "for your own use"; "do your own thing"; "she makes her own clothes"; "`ain' is Scottish")
  
  own the Expenses1.) Expense, disbursal, disbursement -- (amounts paid for goods and services that may be currently tax deductible (as opposed to capital expenditures))
  
  2.) Expense -- (a detriment or sacrifice; "at the expense of")
  
  expenses or Debts1.) Debt -- (the state of owing something (especially money); "he is badly in debt")
  
  2.) Debt -- (money or goods or services owed by one person to another)
  
  debts of Another1.) Another, some other -- (any of various alternatives; some other; "put it off to another (or some other) day")
  
  another person; "I'll accept the charges"; "She Agreed1.) Agree, hold, concur, concord -- (be in accord; be in agreement; "We agreed on the terms of the settlement"; "I can't agree with you!"; "I hold with those who say life is sacred"; "Both philosophers concord on this point")
  
  2.) Agree -- (consent or assent to a condition, or agree to do something; "She agreed to all my conditions"; "He agreed to leave her alone")
  
  agreed to Bear1.) Bear -- (massive plantigrade carnivorous or omnivorous mammals with long shaggy coats and strong claws)
  
  2.) Bear -- (an investor with a pessimistic market outlook; an investor who expects prices to fall and so sells now in order to buy later at a lower price)
  
  bear the responsibility")

• accept, Live1.) Dwell, live, inhabit -- (inhabit or live in; "People lived in Africa millions of years ago"; "The people inhabited the islands that are now deserted"; "this kind of fish dwells near the bottom of the ocean")
  
  2.) Live -- (lead a certain kind of life; live in a certain style; "we had to live frugally after the war")
  
  live with, Swallow1.) Swallow, sup -- (a small amount of liquid food; "a sup of ale")
  
  2.) Swallow, drink, deglutition -- (the act of swallowing; "one swallow of the liquid was enough"; "he took a drink of his beer and smacked his lips")
  
  swallow -- (Tolerate1.) Digest, endure, stick out, stomach, bear, stand, tolerate, support, brook, abide, suffer, put up -- (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")
  
  2.) Tolerate -- (recognize and respect (rights and beliefs of others); "We must tolerate the religions of others")
  
  tolerate or Accommodate1.) Suit, accommodate, fit -- (be agreeable or acceptable to; "This suits my needs")
  
  2.) Adapt, accommodate -- (make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose; "Adapt our native cuisine to the available food resources of the new country")
  
  accommodate oneself to; "I shall have to accept these Unpleasant1.) Unpleasant -- (disagreeable to the senses, to the mind, or feelings ; "an unpleasant personality"; "unpleasant repercussions"; "unpleasant odors")
  
  unpleasant working conditions"; "I Swallowed1.) Swallow, get down -- (pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking; "Swallow the raw fish--it won't kill you!")
  
  2.) Swallow -- (engulf and destroy; "The Nazis swallowed the Baltic countries")
  
  swallowed the insult"; "She has Learned1.) Learn, larn, acquire -- (gain knowledge or skills; "She learned dancing from her sister"; "I learned Sanskrit"; "Children acquire language at an amazing rate")
  
  2.) Learn, hear, get word, get wind, pick up, find out, get a line, discover, see -- (get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally; "I learned that she has two grown-up children"; "I see that you have been promoted")
  
  learned to Live1.) Dwell, live, inhabit -- (inhabit or live in; "People lived in Africa millions of years ago"; "The people inhabited the islands that are now deserted"; "this kind of fish dwells near the bottom of the ocean")
  
  2.) Live -- (lead a certain kind of life; live in a certain style; "we had to live frugally after the war")
  
  live with her husband's Little1.) Little -- (a small amount or duration; "he accepted the little they gave him")
  
  1.) Small, little -- (limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "a little dining room"; "a little house"; "a small car"; "a little (or small) group")
  
  little idiosyncrasies")

• accept, Take1.) Return, issue, take, takings, proceeds, yield, payoff -- (the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property; "the average return was about 5%")
  
  2.) Take -- (the act of photographing a scene or part of a scene without interruption)
  
  take -- (be Designed1.) Plan, project, contrive, design -- (make or work out a plan for; devise; "They contrived to murder their boss"; "design a new sales strategy"; "plan an attack")
  
  2.) Design -- (design something for a specific role or purpose or effect; "This room is not designed for work")
  
  designed to Hold1.) Clasp, clench, clutch, clutches, grasp, grip, hold -- (the act of grasping; "he released his clasp on my arm"; "he has a strong grip for an old man"; "she kept a firm hold on the railing")
  
  2.) Appreciation, grasp, hold -- (understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something; "he has a good grasp of accounting practices")
  
  hold or Take1.) Return, issue, take, takings, proceeds, yield, payoff -- (the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property; "the average return was about 5%")
  
  2.) Take -- (the act of photographing a scene or part of a scene without interruption)
  
  take; "This Surface1.) Surface -- (the outer boundary of an artifact or a material layer constituting or resembling such a boundary; "there is a special cleaner for these surfaces"; "the cloth had a pattern of red dots on a white surface")
  
  2.) Surface -- (the extended two-dimensional outer boundary of a three-dimensional object; "they skimmed over the surface of the water"; "a brush small enough to clean every dental surface"; "the sun has no distinct surface")
  
  surface will not Take1.) Return, issue, take, takings, proceeds, yield, payoff -- (the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property; "the average return was about 5%")
  
  2.) Take -- (the act of photographing a scene or part of a scene without interruption)
  
  take the dye")

• accept -- (Receive1.) Receive, have -- (get something; come into possession of; "receive payment"; "receive a gift"; "receive letters from the front")
  
  2.) Receive, get, find, obtain, incur -- (receive a specified treatment (abstract); "These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation"; "His movie received a good review"; "I got nothing but trouble for my good intentions")
  
  receive (a Report1.) Report, study, written report -- (a written document describing the findings of some individual or group; "this accords with the recent study by Hill and Dale")
  
  2.) Report, news report, story, account, write up -- (a short account of the news; "the report of his speech"; "the story was on the 11 o'clock news"; "the account of his speech that was given on the evening news made the governor furious")
  
  report) officially, as from a committee)

• take, accept -- (Make1.) Brand, make -- (a recognizable kind; "there's a new brand of hero in the movies now"; "what make of car is that?")
  
  2.) Shuffle, shuffling, make -- (the act of mixing cards haphazardly)
  
  make use of or accept for some Purpose1.) Purpose, intent, intention, aim, design -- (an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions; "his intent was to provide a new translation"; "good intentions are not enough"; "it was created with the conscious aim of answering immediate needs"; "he made no secret of his designs")
  
  2.) Function, purpose, role, use -- (what something is used for; "the function of an auger is to bore holes"; "ballet is beautiful but what use is it?")
  
  purpose; "take a risk"; "Take1.) Return, issue, take, takings, proceeds, yield, payoff -- (the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property; "the average return was about 5%")
  
  2.) Take -- (the act of photographing a scene or part of a scene without interruption)
  
  take an opportunity")

• accept -- (be Sexually1.) Sexually -- (with respect to sexuality; "sexually ambiguous")
  
  2.) Sexually -- (by sexual means; "reproduce sexually")
  
  sexually responsive to, Used1.) Use, utilize, utilise, apply, employ -- (put into service; make work or employ (something) for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose; "use your head!"; "we only use Spanish at home"; "I can't use this tool"; "Apply a magnetic field here"; "This thinking was applied to many projects"; "How do you utilize this tool?"; "I apply this rule to get good results"; "use the plastic bags to store the food"; "He doesn't know how to use a computer")
  
  2.) Use, habituate -- (take or consume (regularly or habitually); "She uses drugs rarely")
  
  used of a Female1.) Female -- (an animal that produces gametes (ova) that can be fertilized by male gametes (spermatozoa))
  
  2.) Female, female person -- (a person who belongs to the sex that can have babies)
  
  female domesticated Mammal1.) Mammal, mammalian -- (any warm-blooded vertebrate having the skin more or less covered with hair; young are born alive except for the small subclass of monotremes and nourished with milk)
  
  mammal; "The Cow1.) Cow, moo-cow -- (female of domestic cattle: "`moo-cow' is a child's term")
  
  2.) Cow -- (mature female of mammals of which the male is called `bull')
  
  cow accepted the bull")