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accept
Overview of verb accept
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")
Grep of noun accept
acceptability
acceptableness
acceptance
acceptance sampling
acceptation
acceptor
acceptor rna
Antonyms of verb accept
3 of 11 senses of accept
Sense 1
accept
Antonym of reject (Sense 1)
=>reject
Sense 2
accept, take, have
Antonym of refuse (Sense 2)
=>refuse, reject, pass up, turn down, decline
Sense 3
accept, consent, go for
Antonym of refuse (Sense 1)
=>refuse, decline
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb accept
11 senses of accept
Sense 1
accept
=> evaluate, pass judgment, judge
=> think, cogitate, cerebrate
Sense 2
accept, take, have
=> get, acquire
Sense 3
accept, consent, go for
=> react, respond
=> act, move
Sense 4
accept
=> react, respond
=> act, move
Sense 5
accept, admit, take, take on
=> accept, take, have
=> get, acquire
Sense 6
bear, take over, accept, assume
=> take
Sense 7
accept, live with, swallow
=> digest, endure, stick out, stomach, bear, stand, tolerate, support, brook, abide, suffer, put up
=> permit, allow, let, countenance
=> accept, consent, go for
=> react, respond
=> act, move
Sense 8
accept, take
=> be
Sense 9
accept
=> receive, have
=> get, acquire
Sense 10
take, accept
Sense 11
accept
=> react, respond
=> act, move
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb accept
6 of 11 senses of accept
Sense 1
accept
=> acknowledge, recognize, recognise, know
=> espouse, embrace, adopt, sweep up
=> believe
=> receive
=> approbate
=> resign, reconcile, submit
=> acknowledge
=> take a bow
=> respect, honor, honour, abide by, observe
Sense 2
accept, take, have
=> accept, admit, take, take on
=> welcome
=> honor, honour
=> adopt, borrow, take over, take up
Sense 3
accept, consent, go for
=> give
=> agree
=> settle
=> contract in
=> permit, allow, let, countenance
=> yield, give in, succumb, knuckle under, buckle under
=> undertake, take in charge
Sense 5
accept, admit, take, take on
=> profess
Sense 6
bear, take over, accept, assume
=> face the music, carry-the can
Sense 10
take, accept
=> co-opt
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb accept
11 senses of accept
Sense 1
accept
=> evaluate, pass judgment, judge
Sense 2
accept, take, have
=> get, acquire
Sense 3
accept, consent, go for
=> react, respond
Sense 4
accept
=> react, respond
Sense 5
accept, admit, take, take on
=> accept, take, have
Sense 6
bear, take over, accept, assume
=> take
Sense 7
accept, live with, swallow
=> digest, endure, stick out, stomach, bear, stand, tolerate, support, brook, abide, suffer, put up
Sense 8
accept, take
=> be
Sense 9
accept
=> receive, have
Sense 10
take, accept
Sense 11
accept
=> react, respond
'Cause To' of verb accept
Derived Forms of verb accept
7 of 11 senses of accept
Sense 1
accept
RELATED TO>(adj) acceptant#1
=> acceptive, acceptant
RELATED TO>(noun) acceptation#1
=> acceptation
RELATED TO>(noun) acceptation#2
=> word meaning, word sense, acceptation
RELATED TO>(noun) acceptance#1
=> credence, acceptance
Sense 2
accept, take, have
RELATED TO>(noun) acceptation#3
=> adoption, acceptance, acceptation, espousal
RELATED TO>(noun) acceptance#7
=> acceptance
Sense 3
accept, consent, go for
RELATED TO>(noun) acceptation#1
=> acceptation
RELATED TO>(noun) acceptation#3
=> adoption, acceptance, acceptation, espousal
Sense 4
accept
RELATED TO>(adj) acceptive#2
=> acceptive, acceptant
RELATED TO>(adj) acceptive#1
=> acceptive
RELATED TO>(adj) acceptant#1
=> acceptive, acceptant
RELATED TO>(noun) acceptation#1
=> acceptation
RELATED TO>(noun) acceptation#3
=> adoption, acceptance, acceptation, espousal
RELATED TO>(noun) acceptance#3
=> acceptance
RELATED TO>(noun) acceptance#2
=> adoption, acceptance, acceptation, espousal
Sense 7
accept, live with, swallow
RELATED TO>(noun) acceptance#6
=> toleration, acceptance, sufferance
Sense 9
accept
RELATED TO>(noun) acceptation#1
=> acceptation
Sense 10
take, accept
RELATED TO>(adj) acceptable#3
=> satisfactory, acceptable
RELATED TO>(adj) acceptable#4
=> acceptable
Domain of verb accept
Domain Terms of verb accept
Familiarity of verb accept
accept used as a verb is familiar (polysemy count =11)
Sample Sentences of verb accept
11 senses of accept
Sense 1
accept
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Sense 2
accept, take, have
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s somebody
*> Somebody ----s something from somebody
Sense 3
accept, consent, go for
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 4
accept
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s somebody
Sense 5
accept, admit, take, take on
EX: Sam cannot accept Sue
Sense 6
bear, take over, accept, assume
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 7
accept, live with, swallow
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 8
accept, take
*> Something ----s something
Sense 9
accept
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 10
take, accept
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 11
accept
*> Something ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb accept
10 of 11 senses of accept
Sense 1
accept
> evaluate, pass judgment, judge
=> rate, rank, range, order, grade, place
=> stand
=> approve
=> disapprove
=> choose
=> prejudge
=> measure, evaluate, valuate, assess, appraise, value
=> reappraise
=> reject
=> accept
=> think, believe, consider, conceive
=> calculate, estimate, reckon, count on, figure, forecast
=> expect, anticipate
=> impute, ascribe, assign, attribute
=> assign, attribute
=> disapprove, reject
=> declare, adjudge, hold
=> review, critique
=> fail
=> pass
=> test, prove, try, try out, examine, essay
Sense 2
accept, take, have
> get, acquire
=> isolate
=> win back, get back
=> press out, express, extract
=> capture, catch
=> come by
=> buy, purchase
=> lease, rent, hire, charter, engage, take
=> receive, have
=> turn
=> buy
=> find
=> glom
=> enter upon, come upon, luck into
=> line up, get hold, come up, find
=> accept, take, have
=> obtain
=> recover, retrieve, find, regain
=> catch
=> recover, recoup, recuperate
=> reclaim, repossess
=> find, regain
=> acquire, win, gain
=> gain, take in, clear, make, earn, realize, realise, pull in, bring in
=> earn, garner
=> profit, gain, benefit
=> partake, share, partake in
=> preempt
=> preempt
=> collect, pick up, gather up, call for
=> inherit, come into
=> borrow
=> pick up
=> get
=> poll
Sense 3
accept, consent, go for
> react, respond
=> treat
=> bristle
=> overreact
=> answer
=> accept
=> stool
=> respond
=> greet
=> explode
=> accept
=> answer
=> refuse, decline
=> accept, consent, go for
=> wonder, marvel
=> notice, acknowledge
=> resist, reject, refuse
Sense 4
accept
> react, respond
=> treat
=> bristle
=> overreact
=> answer
=> accept
=> stool
=> respond
=> greet
=> explode
=> accept
=> answer
=> refuse, decline
=> accept, consent, go for
=> wonder, marvel
=> notice, acknowledge
=> resist, reject, refuse
Sense 5
accept, admit, take, take on
> accept, take, have
=> accept, admit, take, take on
=> welcome
=> honor, honour
=> adopt, borrow, take over, take up
Sense 6
bear, take over, accept, assume
> take
=> adopt, take in
=> take away
=> take back, repossess
=> collect, take in
=> impound, attach, sequester, confiscate, seize
=> sequester
=> pocket
=> bear, take over, accept, assume
=> snap up, snaffle, grab
=> recall, call in, call back, withdraw
=> deprive, strip, divest
=> unburden
Sense 7
accept, live with, swallow
> digest, endure, stick out, stomach, bear, stand, tolerate, support, brook, abide, suffer, put up
=> accept, live with, swallow
=> stand for, hold still for
=> bear up
=> take lying down
=> take a joke
=> take, undergo, submit
=> sit out
=> pay
Sense 8
accept, take
> be
=> look
=> suffer, hurt
=> be well
=> suffer
=> feel
=> stay, remain, rest
=> continue
=> sparkle, scintillate, coruscate
=> confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate
=> rank
=> point
=> want, need, require
=> compact, pack
=> rest
=> cut
=> seethe, boil
=> mope, moon around, moon about
=> look, appear, seem
=> appear, seem
=> owe
=> belong
=> cover
=> represent
=> account
=> cut across
=> begin, start
=> begin
=> stand
=> specify, define, delineate, delimit, delimitate
=> go
=> make sense, add up
=> consist, comprise
=> prove, turn out, turn up
=> account for
=> remain
=> stand by, stick by, stick, adhere
=> loiter, lounge, footle, lollygag, loaf, lallygag, hang around, mess about, tarry, linger, lurk, mill about, mill around
=> total, number, add up, come, amount
=> count, matter, weigh
=> rate
=> deserve, merit
=> buy
=> shine
=> fall
=> depend
=> underlie
=> stink
=> subtend, delimit
=> incarnate, body forth, embody, substantiate
=> contain, take, hold
=> cost, be
=> measure
=> hum, buzz, seethe
=> pass
=> abound
=> disagree, disaccord, discord
=> gape, yawn, yaw
=> tend, be given, lean, incline, run
=> run, go
=> figure, enter
=> press
=> rage
=> relate, interrelate
=> rut
=> stagnate
=> stagnate
=> come in handy
=> squat
=> hoodoo
=> impend
=> range, run
=> stay, stay on, continue, remain
=> sell
=> translate
=> head, head up
=> come in for
=> compare
=> fall, come
=> run into, encounter
=> gravitate
=> pay
=> diverge
=> shine
=> iridesce
=> lie
=> stand
=> hang
=> litter
=> suit
=> end, terminate
=> fit
=> lend
=> let go
=> belong
=> belong
=> wind, twist, curve
=> jumble, mingle
=> promise
=> accept, take
=> clean
=> draw
=> wash
=> balance
=> hail, come
=> act
=> test
=> seem
=> answer
=> beat
=> hold
=> contain
=> connect
=> sell
=> sell
=> kill
=> make
=> deck, adorn, decorate, grace, embellish, beautify
=> consist
=> work
=> lubricate
=> breathe
=> trim
=> swing
=> osculate
=> retard
=> transplant
=> cohere
=> object
=> stick
=> recognize
=> distribute
=> put out
Sense 9
accept
> receive, have
=> take in, take up
=> accept
=> fence
=> graduate
=> inherit
Sense 11
accept
> react, respond
=> treat
=> bristle
=> overreact
=> answer
=> accept
=> stool
=> respond
=> greet
=> explode
=> accept
=> answer
=> refuse, decline
=> accept, consent, go for
=> wonder, marvel
=> notice, acknowledge
=> resist, reject, refuse
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb accept
Sense 1
accept
=> evaluate, pass judgment, judge
Sense 4
accept
=> react, respond
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Sense 2
accept, take, have
=> get, acquire
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Sense 3
accept, consent, go for
=> react, respond
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Sense 5
accept, admit, take, take on
=> accept, take, have
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Sense 6
bear, take over, accept, assume
=> take
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Sense 7
accept, live with, swallow
=> digest, endure, stick out, stomach, bear, stand, tolerate, support, brook, abide, suffer, put up
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Sense 8
accept, take
=> be
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Sense 9
accept
=> receive, have
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Sense 10
take, accept
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Sense 11
accept
=> react, respond
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Grep of verb accept
accept
Grep of adj accept
acceptable
acceptant
accepted
accepting
acceptive
Grep of adv accept
acceptably
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