Definition of ACCEPT

accept

Plural: accepts

Verb

Verb Forms: accepted, accepting, accepts

  • To consent to receive or undertake something.
  • consider or hold as true
    • "I cannot accept the dogma of this church"
    • "accept an argument"
  • receive willingly something given or offered
    • "Please accept my present"
  • give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to
    • "I cannot accept your invitation"
  • react favorably to; consider right and proper
    • "People did not accept atonal music at that time"
    • "We accept the idea of universal health care"
  • admit into a group or community
    • "accept students for graduate study"
  • take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person
    • "I'll accept the charges"
  • tolerate or accommodate oneself to
    • "I shall have to accept these unpleasant working conditions"
  • be designed to hold or take
  • receive (a report) officially, as from a committee
  • make use of or accept for some purpose
  • be sexually responsive to, used of a female domesticated mammal
    • "The cow accepted the bull"
  • To receive, especially with a consent, with favour, or with approval.
  • To admit to a place or a group.
  • To regard as proper, usual, true, or to believe in.
  • To receive as adequate or satisfactory.
  • To receive or admit to; to agree to; to assent to; to submit to.
  • To endure patiently.
  • To acknowledge patiently without opposition or resistance.
  • To agree to pay.
  • To receive officially.
  • To receive something willingly.
  • To do a service done by an establishment.

Adj

  • Accepted.

Noun

  • Something that is accepted.

Examples

  • I accept my punishment.
  • I accept the notion that Christ lived.
  • I accept your proposal, amendment, or excuse.
  • I can't accept nothing being done about the problem and your standing idly by.
  • I will accept my fate of drawing three ’I’s in a row.
  • The Boy Scouts were going to accept him as a member.
  • to accept the report of a committee
  • We accept bookbinding.
  • We accept repairs.
  • We need to accept the fact that restaurants are closed due to COVID-19 and that no amount of wishing or screaming will make them reopen any sooner.

Origin / Etymology

First attested about 1380. From Middle English accepten, borrowed from Old French accepter, or directly from Latin acceptō, acceptāre (“receive”), frequentative of accipiō, formed from ad- + capiō (“to take”). Displaced native Old English onfōn.

Synonyms

admit, assume, bear, consent, go for, have, live with, swallow, take, take on, take over

Antonyms

refuse, reject, decline

Scrabble Score: 12

accept: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
accept: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
accept: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 15

accept: valid Words With Friends Word