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accept

/ækˈsɛpt/
Meanings
  • Verb

    1. To receive or take something offered.

    - "I accept your apology."
    - "The committee accepted the proposal."
    - "She accepted the award graciously."
  • Verb

    2. To agree to or acknowledge the validity of something.

    - "I accept your explanation."
    - "The court accepted the evidence."
    - "He accepted the challenge."
Pronunciation
  1. /ækˈsɛpt/



    Source: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=553997"
  2. /əkˈsɛpt/



    Source: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=553822"
Antonyms

decline , reject
Synonyms

admit , onfang , receive , take , withtake
Rhymes
Words rhyming with accept
accept , acceptably , acceptation , acceptability , acceptor , accessor , accommodation , accommodationist , accolade , accoladee , accoladeeism , accoladees , accolades , accoladeeist , accoladeeism , accoladeeship , accoladeship , accoladeeisty , accoladeeist , accoladeeistically , accoladeeists , accoladeeisty , accoladeeships , accoladeeistship , accoladeeships , accoladeeists
Variants
List of all variants of accept that leads to same result
accept , accepted , accepting , acceptingly , acceptingness , acceptingnesses , accepts , accept for publication , accept that , accept the fact that , accept as gospel , accept/take as gospel , take as gospel , accept on faith , accept something on faith , accept/take (something) on faith , take on faith , take something on faith
Etymology
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From Old French accepter, from accepc, present participle of accepter ‘receive’.

Trivia
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  1. The word ‘accept’ appears over 1,500 times in the Bible.

  2. In the 1960s, the term ‘acceptance speech’ became popular in the United States when television started broadcasting the Academy Awards.

  3. The term ‘acceptance rate’ is used in education to describe the percentage of applicants who are offered admission to a college or university.

Related Concepts
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  1. Agreement: A mutual understanding between two or more parties.

  2. Consensus: A general agreement or approval among a group.

  3. Approval: The act of giving permission or expressing favorable opinion.

Quotes
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  1. When Bess was born, my mother had a hard time "accepting" many of our parenting choices.

    - Kelly Coyle DiNorcia,{it}Mothering{/it},March & April 2008

  2. Despite Alexander's general skepticism about speed measurements, he does "accept" the cheetah as probably the fastest known running species. The measurement he finds most reliable, 29 m/s (about 65 mph), comes from a 1997 record along a 200-meter course clocked by an experienced timekeeper for athletic races.

    - Susan Milius,{it}Science News{/it},16 Aug. 2008

  3. The Edinburgh Christ in the House of Martha and Mary doesn't look like a Vermeer, although its signature has been "accepted" as genuine.

    - James Fenton,{it}New York Review of Books{/it},6 Nov. 2008
Culture
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Accept has been used extensively in literature and art to depict various themes of agreement, approval, and reception. In art, the term ‘acceptance speech’ is commonly used when an artist is awarded a prize or recognition for their work. In literature, the word ‘acceptance’ is often used to describe a character’s coming to terms with a difficult situation or reality.

How to Memorize "accept"

  1. visualize

    - Imagine yourself receiving a gift or an award and saying ‘I accept.’

  2. associate

    - Associate the word ‘accept’ with the idea of receiving or acknowledging something.

  3. mnemonics

    - Create a mnemonic phrase such as ‘Accept means to receive something with open arms.’

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