accept meaning and definition

ACCEPT verb

Definition of accept (verb)

1. consider or hold as true
   • "I cannot accept the dogma of this church"; "accept an argument"
   • antonym: reject
2. 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"
   • synonyms: have, take
   • antonym: decline
3. give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to
   • "I cannot accept your invitation"; "I go for this resolution"
   • synonyms: consent, go for
   • antonym: decline
4. 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. 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"
   • synonyms: admit, take, take on
6. take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person
   • "I'll accept the charges"; "She agreed to bear the responsibility"
   • synonyms: assume, bear, take over
7. 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"
   • synonyms: live with, swallow
8. be designed to hold or take
   • "This surface will not take the dye"
   • synonyms: take
9. receive (a report) officially, as from a committee
10. make use of or accept for some purpose
    • "take a risk"; "take an opportunity"
    • synonyms: take
11. be sexually responsive to, used of a female domesticated mammal
    • "The cow accepted the bull"