Sekirov Dictionary

accept

/əkˈsɛpt/

verb 11
adjective 1
noun 1
forms 8

verb11

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to take something that someone gives or offers, or to agree to take it
- Remember all thy offerings, and accept thy burnt sacrifice. — 1611
•
To receive or admit to; to agree to; to assent to; to submit to.
- I accept your proposal, amendment, or excuse.
To receive something willingly.
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To regard as proper, usual, true, or to believe in.
- I accept the notion that Christ lived.
- I can't accept nothing being done about the problem and your standing idly by.
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To endure patiently.
- I accept my punishment.
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To acknowledge patiently without opposition or resistance.
- 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.
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To admit to a place or a group.
- The Boy Scouts were going to accept him as a member.
To receive as adequate or satisfactory.
To receive officially.
To agree to pay.
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(Philippines) To do a service done by an establishment.
- We accept repairs.
- We accept bookbinding.

adjective1

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(no longer used) Accepted.
- Pass our accept and peremptory answer. — 1599

noun1

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Something that is accepted.
- Almost all line segments will be trivial accepts or trivial rejects, so the above covers the vast majority of cases. — 1996

forms

accepted · acceptedst · accepting · accepteth · accepts · acceptest · more accept · most accept

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