English to English adjective source: webster1913 verb
2 |
consider or hold as true | Example:
• I cannot accept the dogma of this church • accept an argument
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3 |
receive willingly something given or offered | Example:
• 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
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4 |
give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to | Example:
• I cannot accept your invitation • I go for this resolution
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5 |
react favorably to; consider right and proper | Example:
• People did not accept atonal music at that time • We accept the idea of universal health care
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6 |
admit into a group or community | Example:
• accept students for graduate study • We'll have to vote on whether or not to admit a new member
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7 |
take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person | Example:
• I'll accept the charges • She agreed to bear the responsibility
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8 |
tolerate or accommodate oneself to | Example:
• I shall have to accept these unpleasant working conditions • I swallowed the insult • She has learned to live with her husband's little idiosyncrasies
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9 |
be designed to hold or take | Example:
• This surface will not take the dye
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10 |
receive (a report) officially, as from a committee | source: wordnet30
11 |
make use of or accept for some purpose | Example:
• take a risk • take an opportunity
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12 |
be sexually responsive to, used of a female domesticated mammal | Example:
• The cow accepted the bull
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To receive with a consenting mind (something offered); as, to accept a gift; -- often followed by of. | source: webster1913
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