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ACCEPT

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Tolerate or accommodate oneself to

Example:

She has learned to live with her husband's little idiosyncrasies

Synonyms:

accept; live with; swallow

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:

accept; consent; go for

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

Credits

 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)