accept (əkˈsɛpt
)
Definitions
verb (mainly tr)
- to take or receive (something offered)
- to give an affirmative reply to ⇒
to accept an invitation
- to take on the responsibilities, duties, etc, of ⇒
he accepted office
- to tolerate or accommodate oneself to
- to consider as true or believe in (a philosophy, theory, etc) ⇒
I cannot accept your argument
- (may take a clause as object) to be willing to grant or believe ⇒
you must accept that he lied
- to receive with approval or admit, as into a community, group, etc
- business to agree to pay (a bill, draft, shipping document, etc), esp by signing
- to receive as adequate, satisfactory, or valid
- to receive, take, or hold (something applied, inserted, etc)
- (intr) sometimes foll by of archaic to take or receive an offer, invitation, etc
Alternative Forms
acˈcepter nounWord Origin
C14: from Latin acceptāre, from ad- to + capere to takeSynonyms
View thesaurus entry=
take on,
try,
begin,
attempt,
bear,
assume,
tackle,
acknowledge,
undertake,
embark on,
set about,
commence,
avow,
enter upon,
= say yes to
agree to,
comply with
=
acknowledge,
believe,
allow,
admit,
adopt,
approve,
recognize,
yield,
concede,
swallow,
buy,
affirm,
profess,
consent to
buy into,
cooperate with
take on board,
accede,
acquiesce,
concur with
Translations
- British English:
accept
If you accept something that you have been offered, you say yes to it or agree to take it.Eventually he persuaded her to accept an offer of marriage. All those invited to next week's peace conference have accepted.əkˈsɛpt VERB Eventually he persuaded her to accept an offer of marriage. All those invited to next week's peace conference have accepted.
- Spanish:
aceptar
v
- French:
accepter
vt
- German:
akzeptieren
v
- Chinese: 接受 v
- Arabic: يَقْبَلُ v
- Portuguese: aceitar v
- Russian: делать ударение v
- Croatian: prihvatiti v
- Czech: přijmout v přijímat
- Danish: accept v
- Dutch: accepteren v
- Finnish: hyväksyä v
- Greek: δέχομαι v
- Italian: accettare v
- Japanese: 受け入れる v
- Korean: 받아들이다 v
- Norwegian: godta v
- Polish: przyjąć v przyjmować
- Brazilian Portuguese: aceitar v
- European Spanish:
aceptar
v
- Swedish: acceptera v
- Thai: ยอมรับ v
- Turkish: kabul etmek v
- Vietnamese: chấp nhận v
Usage examples
Sometimes it wasn't even intentional, just a kind of self-delusion, a refusal to accept the facts.
, LOST SUMMER (2002)At its annual meeting in Berlin on Monday, IWC delegates voted by 25 votes to 20 to accept a resolution dubbed the "Berlin Initiative".
New Scientist (2003)The bulk of those were from parties that had already given irrevocable undertakings to Apple to accept the offer.
Irish Times (2002)But I accept every assessment of myself and my team, and when we lose I am not happy.
Glasgow Herald (2001)But as already outlined, not all writers accept poisoning as the cause of Newton's attacks of madness.
, THE MEDICAL MYSTERIES E-OMNIBUS (2001)