to take or receive (something offered); receive with approval or favor

to accept a present; to accept a proposal.

to agree or consent to; accede to

to accept a treaty; to accept an apology.

to respond or answer affirmatively to

to accept an invitation.

to undertake the responsibility, duties, honors, etc., of

to accept the office of president.

to receive or admit formally, as to a college or club.

to accommodate or reconcile oneself to

to accept the situation.

to regard as true or sound; believe

to accept a claim; to accept Catholicism.

to regard as normal, suitable, or usual.

to receive as to meaning; understand.

Commerce . to acknowledge, by signature, as calling for payment, and thus to agree to pay, as a draft.

(in a deliberative body) to receive as an adequate performance of the duty with which an officer or a committee has been charged; receive for further action

The report of the committee was accepted.

to receive or contain (something attached, inserted, etc.)

This socket won't accept a three-pronged plug.

to receive (a transplanted organ or tissue) without adverse reaction. Compare reject ( def. 7 ) .

to accept an invitation, gift, position, etc. (sometimes fol. by of ).

verb

deny , discard , refuse , reject , blackball , decline , disagree , dispute , renounce , repudiate , demur , disallow

verb

acquire , gain , get , obtain , secure , take , welcomenotes:accept is \'take or agree to\' and except means \'exclude , leave out\' , admit , receive , acknowledge , affirm , approbate , approve , buy * , countenance , fancy , favor , go for * , hold , hold with , like , recognize , relish , swallow * , take as gospel truth , take stock in , trustnotes:accept is \'take or agree to\' and except means \'exclude , acquiesce , agree , assent , bear , bear with , bow , capitulate , defer to , don’t make waves , don’t rock the boat , endure , fit in , go along with , live with , play the game , respect , sit still for , stand , stand for , stomach , submit to , suffer , swallow , tolerate , yield tonotes:accept is \'take or agree to\' and except means \'exclude , accede , adopt , agree to , assume , avow , buy , check out * , comply , concur with , cooperate with , give stamp of approval , give the go-ahead , give the green light , give the nod , lap up , okay , rubber-stamp , set store by , sign , sign off on , take on * , take one up on , thumbs up * , undertakenotes:accept is \'take or agree to\' and except means \'exclude , embrace , welcome , have , take in , apprehend , catch , compass , comprehend , conceive , fathom , follow , grasp , make out , read , see , sense , abide , brook , go , support , sustain , withstand , consent , nod , subscribe , yes , abide by , accede to , acquiesce in , allow , believe , comply with , continue , espouse , honor , pass muster , ratify , reconcile , remain , reside , sojourn , submit , understand