A lot of thesaurus - A little bit dictionary


Overview of verb accept
1. accept -- (consider or hold as true; "I cannot accept the dogma of this church"; "accept an argument")

2. accept, take, have -- (receive willingly something given or offered; "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")

3. accept, consent, go for -- (give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to; "I cannot accept your invitation"; "I go for this resolution")

4. accept -- (react favorably to; consider right and proper; "People did not accept atonal music at that time"; "We accept the idea of universal health care")

5. accept, admit, take, take on -- (admit into a group or community; "accept students for graduate study"; "We'll have to vote on whether or not to admit a new member")

6. bear, take over, accept, assume -- (take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person; "I'll accept the charges"; "She agreed to bear the responsibility")

7. accept, live with, swallow -- (tolerate or accommodate oneself to; "I shall have to accept these unpleasant working conditions"; "I swallowed the insult"; "She has learned to live with her husband's little idiosyncrasies")

8. accept, take -- (be designed to hold or take; "This surface will not take the dye")

9. accept -- (receive (a report) officially, as from a committee)

10. take, accept -- (make use of or accept for some purpose; "take a risk"; "take an opportunity")

11. accept -- (be sexually responsive to, used of a female domesticated mammal; "The cow accepted the bull")
