accept

About 49.63 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To receive, especially with a consent, with favour, or with approval.
2. verb To admit to a place or a group.

   The Boy Scouts were going to accept him as a member.

3. verb To regard as proper, usual, true, or to believe in.

   I accept the notion that Christ lived.

4. verb To receive as adequate or satisfactory.
5. verb To receive or admit to; to agree to; to assent to; to submit to.

   I accept your proposal, amendment, or excuse.

6. verb To endure patiently.

   I accept my punishment.

7. verb To acknowledge patiently without opposition or resistance.

   We need to accept the fact that restaurants are closed due to COVID-19 and that no amount of wishing or screaming will make them reopen any sooner.

8. verb To agree to pay.

Similar words

admit consent have take on assume take go for take over swallow bear

Often followed by

the a it that this his and them any

Word family

accepted accepting acceptingly acceptingness acceptingnesses accepts