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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
accept/əkˈsept/
▶verb
- 1 consent to receive or undertake (something offered).
- 2 regard with approval.
- 3 believe to be valid or correct.
- 4 take on (a responsibility or liability).
■ tolerate or submit to (something undesirable).
– derivatives
acceptance noun,
acceptant adjective (rare),
acceptor (also accepter) noun.
acceptance noun,
acceptant adjective (rare),
acceptor (also accepter) noun.
– origin ME: from L. acceptare, from accipere, from ad- ‘to’ + capere ‘take’.
'accept' also found in these Oxford entries:
abide
- ac-
- acid
- acknowledge
- acquiesce
- admit
- adopt
- affirmative
- approve
- assume
- baulk
- believe
- biddable
- bite
- buy
- carry
- chin
- complaisant
- compromise
- condone
- consequence
- content
- contented
- cop
- disbelief
- docile
- draw
- embrace
- endorse
- fait accompli
- first refusal
- flow
- gauntlet
- happy
- honour
- humble
- immoralism
- indoctrinate
- jib
- jump
- Kabbalah
- kiss
- lap
- leap
- Lewis acid
- lie
- list
- live
- local option
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accept/agree
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antonym of accept
assume / accept / take responsibility for something
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I accept the possible consequences of not respecting them.
I cannot accept your paper as such.
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I would humbly accept your crticism and correction.
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"please accept my thanks"
accept
Accept
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Accept
accept / accepts
Accept / endure / tolerate
accept challenges
accept one's fate resignedly/apathetically
Accept or Except?
accept people for who they are
accept responsibility for loss
accept the bucketing with glee
accept the goal
Accept them as they are
accept us to
Accept vs Endorse
accept/agree
accept/will accept
antonym of accept
assume / accept / take responsibility for something
Don't sound wishy-washy in what you will accept as restitution.
How to accept or refuse an advice
I accept the possible consequences of not respecting them.
I cannot accept your paper as such.
I regret not to accept/ not accepting ...?
I would humbly accept your crticism and correction.
of which we will accept without refereeing
Please accept my apologies for yesterday.
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