Accept | Mean of accept in English Dictionary

/ɪkˈsɛpt/

• Verb
• to receive or take (something offered)
1. accept a gift
2. accept a proposal
3. accept a bribe
4. accept an assignment/invitation/offer
5. They offered him the job, and he accepted it.
6. They offered him the job, and he accepted.
• to take (something) as payment
1. The store doesn't accept credit cards.
• to be able or designed to take or hold (something)
1. a surface that will not accept ink
2. a computer program ready to accept commands

• to agree to (something)
1. accept a telephone call
2. They accepted some applications and rejected others.
3. She's still trying to get her manuscript accepted for publication.
4. I accept your apology.
5. They refused to accept his resignation.
• to think of (something) as true, proper, or normal
1. a word that has come to be accepted as standard
2. This treatment is now accepted by many doctors.
3. He refused to accept the decision.
4. I accepted his advice and joined the health club.
5. They accepted [=believed] her explanation.
6. The theory is widely accepted as correct. = It is widely accepted that the theory is correct.
• to stop denying or resisting (something true or necessary)
1. She found it difficult to accept change.
2. The truth is sometimes hard to accept.
3. He behaved badly, and now he has to accept the consequences.
4. He has to accept the fact that his baseball career is over. [=he has to admit that his baseball career is over]
5. He was unwilling to accept [=believe] that he could no longer play as he once had.
• to admit that you have or deserve (something, such as blame or responsibility)
1. accept blame
2. I accept responsibility for the accident.
• to be willing to have or experience (something)
1. To be a successful investor you have to accept some risk.
2. She accepted [=took on, faced] the challenge of starting her own business.
• to allow (someone) to join a club, to attend a school, etc.
1. The club accepted her as a member but rejected her sister.
2. She was accepted at/by Georgetown University.
• to regard (someone) as belonging to a group
1. She felt that her in-laws had never really accepted her (as a member of the family).
2. She doesn't yet feel accepted (by her in-laws).
3. The new family was quickly accepted into the community.