Meaning & Definition of Accept in English

1. Consider or hold as true

• "I cannot accept the dogma of this church"

• "Accept an argument"

2. 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. Give an affirmative reply to

• Respond favorably to

• "I cannot accept your invitation"

• "I go for this resolution"

4. 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. 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. 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. 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. Be designed to hold or take

• "This surface will not take the dye"

9. Receive (a report) officially, as from a committee

10. Make use of or accept for some purpose

• "Take a risk"

• "Take an opportunity"

11. Be sexually responsive to, used of a female domesticated mammal

• "The cow accepted the bull"