ACCEPT as VERB

1. Meaning
   • tolerate or accommodate oneself to
   
   Synonym(s)
   • live with (what does live with mean?)
   • swallow (what does swallow mean?)
   
   Usage Example(s)
   • I shall have to accept these unpleasant working conditions
   • I swallowed the insult
   • She has learned to live with her husband’’s little idiosyncracies
   
   Hypernyms(s) accept is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • digest (what does digest mean?)
   • endure (what does endure mean?)
   • stick out (what does stick out mean?)
   • stomach (what does stomach mean?)
   • bear (what does bear mean?)
   • stand (what does stand mean?)
   • tolerate (what does tolerate mean?)
   • support (what does support mean?)
   • brook (what does brook mean?)
   • abide (what does abide mean?)
   • suffer (what does suffer mean?)
   • put up (what does put up mean?)
   
   Derived(s)
   • toleration (what does toleration mean?)
   • acceptance (what does acceptance mean?)
   • sufferance (what does sufferance mean?)
2. Meaning
   • consider or hold as true
   
   Usage Example(s)
   • I cannot accept the dogma of this church
   • accept an argument
   
   Hypernyms(s) accept is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • judge (what does judge mean?)
   
   Antonym(s)
   • reject (what does reject mean?)
   
   Hyponym(s)
   • acknowledge (what does acknowledge mean?)
   • recognize (what does recognize mean?)
   • recognise (what does recognise mean?)
   • know (what does know mean?)
   • espouse (what does espouse mean?)
   • embrace (what does embrace mean?)
   • adopt (what does adopt mean?)
   • sweep up (what does sweep up mean?)
   • believe (what does believe mean?)
   • receive (what does receive mean?)
   • approbate (what does approbate mean?)
   • resign (what does resign mean?)
   • reconcile (what does reconcile mean?)
   • submit (what does submit mean?)
   • acknowledge (what does acknowledge mean?)
   • take a bow (what does take a bow mean?)
   • respect (what does respect mean?)
   • honor (what does honor mean?)
   • honour (what does honour mean?)
   • abide by (what does abide by mean?)
   • observe (what does observe mean?)
   
   Derived(s)
   • acceptation (what does acceptation mean?)
   • word meaning (what does word meaning mean?)
   • word sense (what does word sense mean?)
   • acceptation (what does acceptation mean?)
   • credence (what does credence mean?)
   • acceptance (what does acceptance mean?)
3. Meaning
   • be sexually responsive to, used of a female domesticated mammal
   
   Usage Example(s)
   • The cow accepted the bull
   
   Hypernyms(s) accept is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • react (what does react mean?)
   • respond (what does respond mean?)
4. Meaning
   • react favorably to
   • consider right and proper
   
   Usage Example(s)
   • People did not accept atonal music at that time
   • We accept the idea of universal health care
   
   Hypernyms(s) accept is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • react (what does react mean?)
   • respond (what does respond mean?)
   
   Derived(s)
   • acceptation (what does acceptation mean?)
   • adoption (what does adoption mean?)
   • acceptance (what does acceptance mean?)
   • acceptation (what does acceptation mean?)
   • espousal (what does espousal mean?)
   • acceptance (what does acceptance mean?)
   • adoption (what does adoption mean?)
   • acceptance (what does acceptance mean?)
   • acceptation (what does acceptation mean?)
   • espousal (what does espousal mean?)
5. Meaning
   • give an affirmative reply to
   • respond favorably to
   
   Synonym(s)
   • consent (what does consent mean?)
   • go for (what does go for mean?)
   
   Usage Example(s)
   • I cannot accept your invitation
   • I go for this resolution
   
   Hypernyms(s) accept is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • react (what does react mean?)
   • respond (what does respond mean?)
   
   Antonym(s)
   • refuse (what does refuse mean?)
   • decline (what does decline mean?)
   
   Hyponym(s)
   • give (what does give mean?)
   • agree (what does agree mean?)
   • settle (what does settle mean?)
   • contract in (what does contract in mean?)
   • permit (what does permit mean?)
   • allow (what does allow mean?)
   • let (what does let mean?)
   • countenance (what does countenance mean?)
   • yield (what does yield mean?)
   • give in (what does give in mean?)
   • succumb (what does succumb mean?)
   • knuckle under (what does knuckle under mean?)
   • buckle under (what does buckle under mean?)
   • undertake (what does undertake mean?)
   • take in charge (what does take in charge mean?)
   
   Derived(s)
   • consent (what does consent mean?)
   • acceptation (what does acceptation mean?)
   • adoption (what does adoption mean?)
   • acceptance (what does acceptance mean?)
   • acceptation (what does acceptation mean?)
   • espousal (what does espousal mean?)
6. Meaning
   • make use of or accept for some purpose
   
   Synonym(s)
   • take (what does take mean?)
   
   Usage Example(s)
   • take a risk
   • take an opportunity
   
   Hyponym(s)
   • co-opt (what does co-opt mean?)
7. Meaning
   • of a deliberative body: receive (a report) officially, as from a committee
   
   Hypernyms(s) accept is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • receive (what does receive mean?)
   • have (what does have mean?)
   
   Derived(s)
   • acceptation (what does acceptation mean?)
8. Meaning
   • receive willingly something given or offered
   
   Synonym(s)
   • have (what does have mean?)
   • take (what does take mean?)
   
   Usage Example(s)
   • 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
   
   Hypernyms(s) accept is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • get (what does get mean?)
   • acquire (what does acquire mean?)
   
   Antonym(s)
   • refuse (what does refuse mean?)
   • reject (what does reject mean?)
   • pass up (what does pass up mean?)
   • turn down (what does turn down mean?)
   • decline (what does decline mean?)
   
   Hyponym(s)
   • accept (what does accept mean?)
   • admit (what does admit mean?)
   • take (what does take mean?)
   • take on (what does take on mean?)
   • welcome (what does welcome mean?)
   • honor (what does honor mean?)
   • honour (what does honour mean?)
   • adopt (what does adopt mean?)
   • borrow (what does borrow mean?)
   • take over (what does take over mean?)
   • take up (what does take up mean?)
   
   See Also
   • absorb (what does absorb mean?)
   • take over (what does take over mean?)
   • bear (what does bear mean?)
   • take over (what does take over mean?)
   • accept (what does accept mean?)
   • assume (what does assume mean?)
   • adopt (what does adopt mean?)
   • borrow (what does borrow mean?)
   • take over (what does take over mean?)
   • take up (what does take up mean?)
   • take in (what does take in mean?)
   
   Derived(s)
   • taker (what does taker mean?)
   • adoption (what does adoption mean?)
   • acceptance (what does acceptance mean?)
   • acceptation (what does acceptation mean?)
   • espousal (what does espousal mean?)
   • acceptance (what does acceptance mean?)
9. Meaning
   • admit into a group or community
   
   Synonym(s)
   • admit (what does admit mean?)
   • take (what does take mean?)
   • take on (what does take on mean?)
   
   Usage Example(s)
   • accept students for graduate study
   • We”ll have to vote on whether or not to admit a new member
   
   Hypernyms(s) accept is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • accept (what does accept mean?)
   • take (what does take mean?)
   • have (what does have mean?)
   
   Hyponym(s)
   • profess (what does profess mean?)
10. Meaning
    • take on as one’’s own the expenses or debts of another person
    
    Synonym(s)
    • assume (what does assume mean?)
    • bear (what does bear mean?)
    • take over (what does take over mean?)
    
    Usage Example(s)
    • I”ll accept the charges
    • She agreed to bear the responsibility
    
    Hypernyms(s) accept is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
    • take (what does take mean?)
    
    Hyponym(s)
    • face the music (what does face the music mean?)
    • carry-the can (what does carry-the can mean?)
    
    Derived(s)
    • assumption (what does assumption mean?)
    • laying claim (what does laying claim mean?)
11. Meaning
    • be designed to hold or take
    
    Synonym(s)
    • take (what does take mean?)
    
    Usage Example(s)
    • This surface will not take the dye
    
    Hypernyms(s) accept is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
    • be (what does be mean?)