acceptverb
uk/əkˈsept/us/əkˈsept/accept verb (TAKE)
B1 [ T ] to agree to take something:
Do you accept credit cards?
She was in Mumbai to accept an award for her latest novel.
I offered her an apology, but she wouldn't accept it.
I accept full responsibility for the failure of the plan.
The new coffee machines will accept coins of any denomination.
B1 [ I or T ] to say yes to an offer or invitation:
We've offered her the job, but I don't know whether she'll accept it.
I've just accepted an invitation to the opening-night party.
I've been invited to their wedding but I haven't decided whether to accept.
More examples
- After a lot of careful thought, she decided to accept their offer.
- She is too proud to accept any help.
- Do you think the seller will accept £196, 000 for the house?
- I don't usually accept lifts from strange men.
- A lot of shops won't accept cheques unless you have a cheque card with you.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Accepting & agreeing
- accredited
- assent
- be ruled by sb idiom
- buy-in
- conclude
- countenance
- court
- embrace
- gauntlet
- leap
- listen to reason idiom
- middle ground
- mustn't grumble idiom
- pounce
- reach
- respect
- signatory
- swallow
- take sb up on sth
- unquestioning
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accept verb (APPROVE)
B2 [ T ] to consider something or someone as satisfactory:
The manuscript was accepted for publication last week.
She was accepted as a full member of the society.
His fellow workers refused to accept him (= to include him as one of their group).
More examples
- It is difficult for many people to accept a literal interpretation of the Bible.
- The committee decided with one voice to accept the proposal.
- While I accept that he's not perfect in many ways, I do actually quite like the man.
- He was a very stubborn man who refused to accept defeat.
- We must accept the results of a democratic election.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Accepting & agreeing
- accredited
- assent
- be ruled by sb idiom
- buy-in
- conclude
- countenance
- court
- embrace
- gauntlet
- leap
- listen to reason idiom
- middle ground
- mustn't grumble idiom
- pounce
- reach
- respect
- signatory
- swallow
- take sb up on sth
- unquestioning
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accept verb (BELIEVE)
B2 [ T ] to believe that something is true:
The police refused to accept her version of the story.
He still hasn't accepted the situation (= realized that he cannot change it).
[ + that ] I can't accept that there's nothing we can do.
More examples
- She can't accept she made a mistake and now she's trying to lay the blame on her assistant.
- Rationally, he knows that she won't ever go back to him, but emotionally he can't accept it.
- She refused to accept that she was wrong and stalked furiously out of the room.
- I had to accept that the relationship had run its course.
- It was a terrible struggle for him to accept her death.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Believing
- article of faith
- ascribe sth to sb
- belief
- believe
- believe in sth
- credit
- evidently
- feel
- feel it in your bones idiom
- give sb the benefit of the doubt idiom
- gospel
- incline to/towards sth
- see sth in sb/sth
- seeing is believing idiom
- self-delusion
- stock
- swear by sth
- take sb's word for it idiom
- under
- word
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