VERB | cognition | accept | consider or hold as true |
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possession | accept, take, have | receive willingly something given or offered | |
communication | accept, consent, go for | give an affirmative reply to | |
cognition | accept | react favorably to | |
possession | accept, admit, take, take on | admit into a group or community | |
possession | accept, bear, take over, assume | take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person | |
cognition | accept, live with, swallow | tolerate or accommodate oneself to | |
stative | accept, take | be designed to hold or take | |
possession | accept | receive (a report) officially, as from a committee | |
possession | accept, take | make use of or accept for some purpose | |
cognition | accept | be sexually responsive to, used of a female domesticated mammal |
Sounds | aekseh'pt; ahkseh'pt | |
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Rhymes | adept ... windswept: 12 rhymes with ehpt... |
Meaning | Consider or hold as true. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | |
Examples |
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Narrower | acknowledge | Accept as legally binding and valid |
acknowledge, recognize, recognise, know | Accept (someone) to be what is claimed or accept his power and authority | |
approbate | Accept (documents) as valid | |
believe | Accept as true | |
espouse, embrace, adopt, sweep up | take up the cause, ideology / ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own | |
receive | Accept as true or valid | |
resign, reconcile, submit | Accept as inevitable | |
respect, honor, honour, abide by, observe | show respect towards | |
take a bow | Acknowledge praise or accept credit | |
Broader | evaluate, pass judgment, judge | form a critical opinion of |
Opposite | reject | refuse to accept or acknowledge |
Similar to | accept | react favorably to |
Spanish | aceptar | |
Catalan | acceptar | |
Adjectives | acceptant | accepting willingly |
Nouns | acceptance | the mental attitude that something is believable and should be accepted as true |
acceptation | the accepted meaning / meaning of a word | |
acceptation | acceptance as true or valid |
Meaning | Receive willingly something given or offered. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s something from somebody | |
Example | "Please accept my present" | |
Synonyms | take, have | |
Narrower | accept, admit, take, take on | Admit into a group or community |
adopt, borrow, take over, take up | take up and practice as one's own | |
honor, honour | Accept as pay | |
welcome | Accept gladly | |
Broader | get, acquire | Come into the possession of something concrete or abstract |
Opposite | refuse, reject, pass up, turn down, decline | Refuse to accept |
Similar to | receive, have | Get something |
Spanish | aceptar, querer, tomar | |
Catalan | acceptar, voler | |
Nouns | acceptance | the act of taking something that is offered |
acceptation | the act of accepting with approval |
Meaning | Give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Example | "I cannot accept your invitation" | |
Synonyms | consent, go for | |
Narrower | agree | consent or assent to a condition, or agree to do something |
contract in | consent in writing to pay money to a trade union for political use | |
give | consent to engage in sexual intercourse with a man | |
permit, allow, let, countenance | consent to, give permission | |
settle | Accept despite lack of complete satisfaction | |
undertake, take in charge | Accept as a charge | |
yield, give in, succumb, knuckle under, buckle under | consent reluctantly | |
Broader | react, respond | show a response or a reaction to something |
Opposite | refuse, decline | show unwillingness towards |
Spanish | acceder, aceptar, consentir | |
Catalan | consentir | |
Nouns | acceptation | the act of accepting with approval |
acceptation | acceptance as true or valid |
Meaning | react favorably to; consider right and proper. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
Examples |
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Broader | react, respond | show a response or a reaction to something |
Similar to | accept | Consider or hold as true |
Spanish | aceptar | |
Catalan | acceptar | |
Adjectives | acceptive | inclined to accept rather than reject |
acceptive, acceptant | accepting willingly | |
Nouns | acceptance, acceptation | the act of accepting with approval |
acceptance | the state of being acceptable and accepted | |
acceptation | acceptance as true or valid |
Meaning | Admit into a group or community. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
Model | Sam cannot accept Sue | |
Example | "accept students for graduate study" | |
Synonyms | admit, take, take on | |
Narrower | profess | Receive into a religious order or congregation |
Broader | accept, take, have | Receive willingly something given or offered |
Similar to | admit, let in, include | Allow participation in or the right to be part of |
Spanish | aceptar, admitir, recibir | |
Catalan | acceptar, admetre |
Meaning | take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Example | "I'll accept the charges" | |
Synonyms | bear, take over, assume | |
Narrower | face the music, carry the can | Accept the unpleasant consequences of one's actions |
Broader | take | Take into one's possession |
Spanish | aceptar, admitir, adquirir, asumir | |
Catalan | adquirir, assumir |
Meaning | Tolerate or accommodate oneself to. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Example | "I shall have to accept these unpleasant working conditions" | |
Synonyms | live with, swallow | |
Broader | digest, endure, stick out, stomach, bear, stand, tolerate, support, brook, abide, suffer, put up | put up with something or somebody unpleasant |
Spanish | acceptar, aceptar, tragarse, vivir con | |
Catalan | acceptar | |
Nouns | acceptance | a disposition to tolerate or accept people or situations |
Meaning | Be designed to hold or take. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s something | |
Synonym | take | |
Broader | be | Have the quality of being |
Spanish | aguantar, soportar, sostener | |
Catalan | agafar, aguantar, dur, portar, prendre, suportar |
Meaning | Receive (a report) officially, as from a committee. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Broader | receive, have | Get something |
Spanish | aceptar | |
Nouns | acceptation | acceptance as true or valid |
Meaning | make use of or accept for some purpose. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Synonym | take | |
Narrower | co-opt | Take or assume for one's own use |
Adjectives | acceptable | adequate for the purpose |
acceptable | meeting requirements |
Meaning | Be sexually responsive to, used of a female domesticated mammal. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s something | |
Example | "The cow accepted the bull" | |
Broader | react, respond | show a response or a reaction to something |
Spanish | aceptar |
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