Overview of verb accept

The verb accept has 11 senses

• accept -- (consider or hold as true; "I cannot accept the dogma of this church"; "accept an argument")


• 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")


• accept, consent, go for -- (give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to; "I cannot accept your invitation"; "I go for this resolution")


• 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, admit, take, take on -- (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 -- (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 -- (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 -- (be designed to hold or take; "This surface will not take the dye")


• accept -- (receive (a report) officially, as from a committee)


• take, accept -- (make use of or accept for some purpose; "take a risk"; "take an opportunity")


• accept -- (be sexually responsive to, used of a female domesticated mammal; "The cow accepted the bull")

Overview of adj accepted

The adj accepted has 1 sense

• accepted, recognized, recognised -- (generally approved or compelling recognition; "several accepted techniques for treating the condition"; "his recognized superiority in this kind of work")