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accepts

/əkˈsɛpts/
Meanings
  • Verb

    To receive or take something offered.

    - "She accepts the award gracefully."
    - "The company accepts returns of defective products."
    - "The judge accepts the plea deal."
  • Verb

    To agree to a proposal or invitation.

    - "I accept your invitation to the party."
    - "The board accepts the new CEO's proposal."
    - "She accepts the terms of the contract."
Pronunciation
  1. /əkˈsɛpts/



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Antonyms

decline , reject
Synonyms

admit , onfang , receive , take , withtake
Rhymes
Words rhyming with accepts
accept , acceptability , acceptation , acceptor , acceptable
Variants
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accept , accepted , accepting , acceptingly , acceptingness , acceptingnesses , accepts
Forms
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accepted, accepting, accepts

Etymology
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From the Latin word 'acceptare', meaning 'to receive'.

Trivia
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  1. The word 'accepts' appears 57 times in the King James Version of the Bible.

  2. In mathematics, the symbol '∫' (integral sign) is sometimes called the 'acceptance sign' because it represents the process of integrating or accepting all the infinitesimal parts of a function.

Related Concepts
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  1. Acceptance: The act or state of receiving something, especially a proposal or invitation.

  2. Acceptance speech: A speech given by the recipient of an award or honor.

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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In literature, 'accepts' is often used in the context of agreements, negotiations, and decisions. For example, in Shakespeare's play 'The Taming of the Shrew', Petruchio uses various tactics to 'accept' Katherina's hand in marriage.

How to Memorize "accepts"

  1. visualize

    - Visualize the act of receiving something, such as an offer or an invitation, and mentally saying the word 'accepts' as you accept it.

  2. associate

    - Associate the word 'accepts' with the idea of receiving or agreeing to something.

  3. mnemonics

    - Create a mnemonic device by associating the word 'accepts' with a memorable phrase, such as 'Accept all the gifts that life sends'.

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