Accept (original) (raw)
I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tolerate or accommodate oneself to
Example:
She has learned to live with her husband's little idiosyncrasies
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Hypernyms (to "accept" is one way to...):
abide; bear; brook; digest; endure; put up; stand; stick out; stomach; suffer; support; tolerate (put up with something or somebody unpleasant)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
acceptance (a disposition to tolerate or accept people or situations)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Consider or hold as true
Example:
accept an argument
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Hypernyms (to "accept" is one way to...):
evaluate; judge; pass judgment (form a critical opinion of)
Verb group:
accept (react favorably to; consider right and proper)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "accept"):
acknowledge; know; recognise; recognize (accept (someone) to be what is claimed or accept his power and authority)
adopt; embrace; espouse; sweep up (take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own)
believe (accept as true; take to be true)
receive (accept as true or valid)
approbate (accept (documents) as valid)
reconcile; resign; submit (accept as inevitable)
acknowledge (accept as legally binding and valid)
take a bow (acknowledge praise or accept credit)
abide by; honor; honour; observe; respect (show respect towards)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Antonym:
reject (refuse to accept or acknowledge)
Derivation:
acceptance (the mental attitude that something is believable and should be accepted as true)
acceptant (accepting willingly)
acceptation (the accepted meaning of a word)
acceptation (acceptance as true or valid)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Be sexually responsive to, used of a female domesticated mammal
Example:
The cow accepted the bull
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Hypernyms (to "accept" is one way to...):
react; respond (show a response or a reaction to something)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Sense 4
Meaning:
React favorably to; consider right and proper
Example:
We accept the idea of universal health care
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Hypernyms (to "accept" is one way to...):
react; respond (show a response or a reaction to something)
Verb group:
accept (consider or hold as true)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Derivation:
acceptive (accepting willingly)
acceptive (inclined to accept rather than reject)
acceptation (acceptance as true or valid)
acceptation (the act of accepting with approval; favorable reception)
acceptant (accepting willingly)
acceptance (the state of being acceptable and accepted)
acceptance (the act of accepting with approval; favorable reception)
Sense 5
Meaning:
Give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to
Example:
I go for this resolution
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "accept" is one way to...):
react; respond (show a response or a reaction to something)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "accept"):
take in charge; undertake (accept as a charge)
buckle under; give in; knuckle under; succumb; yield (consent reluctantly)
allow; countenance; let; permit (consent to, give permission)
contract in (consent in writing to pay money to a trade union for political use)
settle (accept despite lack of complete satisfaction)
agree (consent or assent to a condition, or agree to do something)
give (consent to engage in sexual intercourse with a man)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Antonym:
refuse (show unwillingness towards)
Derivation:
acceptation (the act of accepting with approval; favorable reception)
acceptation (acceptance as true or valid)
Sense 6
Meaning:
Make use of or accept for some purpose
Example:
take an opportunity
Synonyms:
accept; take
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "accept"):
co-opt (take or assume for one's own use)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
acceptable (adequate for the purpose)
acceptable (meeting requirements)
Sense 7
Meaning:
Receive (a report) officially, as from a committee
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "accept" is one way to...):
have; receive (get something; come into possession of)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
acceptation (acceptance as true or valid)
Sense 8
Meaning:
Receive willingly something given or offered
Example:
Please accept my present
Synonyms:
accept; have; take
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "accept" is one way to...):
acquire; get (come into the possession of something concrete or abstract)
Verb group:
have; receive (get something; come into possession of)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "accept"):
accept; admit; take; take on (admit into a group or community)
welcome (accept gladly)
honor; honour (accept as pay)
adopt; borrow; take over; take up (take up and practice as one's own)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s something from somebody
Antonym:
refuse (refuse to accept)
Derivation:
acceptance (the act of taking something that is offered)
acceptation (the act of accepting with approval; favorable reception)
Sense 9
Meaning:
Admit into a group or community
Example:
We'll have to vote on whether or not to admit a new member
Synonyms:
accept; admit; take; take on
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "accept" is one way to...):
accept; have; take (receive willingly something given or offered)
Verb group:
admit; include; let in (allow participation in or the right to be part of; permit to exercise the rights, functions, and responsibilities of)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "accept"):
profess (receive into a religious order or congregation)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Sentence example:
Sam cannot accept Sue
Sense 10
Meaning:
Take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person
Example:
She agreed to bear the responsibility
Synonyms:
accept; assume; bear; take over
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "accept" is one way to...):
take (take into one's possession)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "accept"):
carry the can; face the music (accept the unpleasant consequences of one's actions)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 11
Meaning:
Be designed to hold or take
Example:
This surface will not take the dye
Synonyms:
accept; take
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Hypernyms (to "accept" is one way to...):
be (have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun))
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Context examples:
Buck had accepted the rope with quiet dignity.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
The standing of a concept in relation to currently accepted classifications and concepts.
(Concept Status, NCI Thesaurus)
Acting in accordance to certain accepted standards.
(Compliance, NCI Thesaurus)
It is an accepted side effect in radiation therapy where the desired effect is to kill rapidly growing tumor cells.
(Chemically Induced Cytotoxicity, NCI Thesaurus)
An indication that a heart beat was detected and accepted as conforming to the measurement standards.
(Cardiac Beat Accepted, NCI Thesaurus)
Treatment that is widely accepted and used by most healthcare professionals.
(Conventional therapy, NCI Dictionary)
Unit of measure using an accepted conversion formula which adjusts for the lower bioavailability of folate in food compared to folic acid.
(Dietary Folate Equivalent, NCI Thesaurus/CRCH)
Refuse to accept, recognize or acknowledge.
(Deny, NCI Thesaurus)
Accepted for use with the SI.
(Deciliter, NCI Thesaurus)
A vessel with a narrow neck designed to accept a specific closure.
(Bottle, NCI Thesaurus)