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accept
accept:
receive
except:
exclude
Accept Synonym: The verb
accept has 11 senses (first 7
from tagged texts)
1. (34) accept -- (consider or
hold as true; "I cannot accept
the dogma of this church";
"accept an argument")
2. (33) 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. (17) accept, consent, go
for -- (give an affirmative
reply to; respond favorably
to; "I cannot accept your
invitation"; "I go for this
resolution")
4. (12) 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. (8) 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. (7) 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. (2) 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")
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11 senses of accept
Sense 1
accept -- (consider or hold as
true; "I cannot accept the
dogma of this church"; "accept
an argument")
=> evaluate, pass judgment,
judge -- (form a critical
opinion of; "I cannot judge
some works of modern art";
"How do you evaluate this
grant proposal?" "We shouldn't
pass judgment on other
people")
Sense 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")
=> get, acquire -- (come into
the possession of something
concrete or abstract; "She got
a lot of paintings from her
uncle"; "They acquired a new
pet"; "Get your results the
next day"; "Get permission to
take a few days off from
work")
Sense 3
accept, consent, go for --
(give an affirmative reply to;
respond favorably to; "I
cannot accept your
invitation"; "I go for this
resolution")
=> react, respond -- (show a
response or a reaction to
something)
Sense 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")
=> react, respond -- (show a
response or a reaction to
something)
Sense 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")
=> 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")
Sense 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")
=> take -- (take into one's
possession; "We are taking an
orphan from Romania"; "I'll
take three salmon steaks")
Sense 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")
=> digest, endure, stick out,
stomach, bear, stand,
tolerate, support, brook,
abide, suffer, put up -- (put
up with something or somebody
unpleasant; "I cannot bear his
constant criticism"; "The new
secretary had to endure a lot
of unprofessional remarks";
"he learned to tolerate the
heat"; "She stuck out two
years in a miserable
marriage")
Sense 8
accept, take -- (be designed
to hold or take; "This surface
will not take the dye")
=> be -- (have the quality of
being; (copula, used with an
adjective or a predicate
noun); "John is rich"; "This
is not a good answer")
Sense 9
accept -- (receive (a report)
officially, as from a
committee)
=> receive, have -- (get
something; come into
possession of; "receive
payment"; "receive a gift";
"receive letters from the
front")
Sense 10
take, accept -- (make use of
or accept for some purpose;
"take a risk"; "take an
opportunity")
Sense 11
accept -- (be sexually
responsive to, used of a
female domesticated mammal;
"The cow accepted the bull")
=> react, respond -- (show a
response or a reaction to
something)
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Coordinate Terms: 11 senses of
accept
Sense 1
accept -- (consider or hold as
true; "I cannot accept the
dogma of this church"; "accept
an argument")
=> evaluate, pass judgment,
judge -- (form a critical
opinion of; "I cannot judge
some works of modern art";
"How do you evaluate this
grant proposal?" "We shouldn't
pass judgment on other
people")
Sense 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")
=> get, acquire -- (come into
the possession of something
concrete or abstract; "She got
a lot of paintings from her
uncle"; "They acquired a new
pet"; "Get your results the
next day"; "Get permission to
take a few days off from
work")
Sense 3
accept, consent, go for --
(give an affirmative reply to;
respond favorably to; "I
cannot accept your
invitation"; "I go for this
resolution")
=> react, respond -- (show a
response or a reaction to
something)
Sense 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")
=> react, respond -- (show a
response or a reaction to
something)
Sense 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")
=> 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")
Sense 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")
=> take -- (take into one's
possession; "We are taking an
orphan from Romania"; "I'll
take three salmon steaks")
Sense 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")
=> digest, endure, stick out,
stomach, bear, stand,
tolerate, support, brook,
abide, suffer, put up -- (put
up with something or somebody
unpleasant; "I cannot bear his
constant criticism"; "The new
secretary had to endure a lot
of unprofessional remarks";
"he learned to tolerate the
heat"; "She stuck out two
years in a miserable
marriage")
Sense 8
accept, take -- (be designed
to hold or take; "This surface
will not take the dye")
=> be -- (have the quality of
being; (copula, used with an
adjective or a predicate
noun); "John is rich"; "This
is not a good answer")
Sense 9
accept -- (receive (a report)
officially, as from a
committee)
=> receive, have -- (get
something; come into
possession of; "receive
payment"; "receive a gift";
"receive letters from the
front")
Sense 10
take, accept -- (make use of
or accept for some purpose;
"take a risk"; "take an
opportunity")
Sense 11
accept -- (be sexually
responsive to, used of a
female domesticated mammal;
"The cow accepted the bull")
=> react, respond -- (show a
response or a reaction to
something) |
