- 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.
- 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.
- to accept an invitation, gift, position, etc. (sometimes followed by of).
- to take or receive (something offered)
- to give an affirmative reply to
- to take on the responsibilities, duties, etc, of
- to tolerate or accommodate oneself to
- to consider as true or believe in (a philosophy, theory, etc)
- to be willing to grant or believe
- to receive with approval or admit, as into a community, group, etc
- to agree to pay (a bill, draft, shipping document, etc), esp by signing
- to receive as adequate, satisfactory, or valid
- to receive, take, or hold (something applied, inserted, etc)
- to take or receive an offer, invitation, etc
