Dictionary Entry
accept
accept is a 6-letter English word with 18 senses as transitive verb, adjective, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To receive with a consenting mind (something offered); as, to accept a gift; -- often followed by of. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 15 · 18 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To receive with a consenting mind (something offered); as, to accept a gift; -- often followed by of.
- 2transitive verb
To receive with favor; to approve.
- 3transitive verb
To receive or admit and agree to; to assent to; as, I accept your proposal, amendment, or excuse.
- 4transitive verb
To take by the mind; to understand; as, How are these words to be accepted?
- 5transitive verb
To receive as obligatory and promise to pay; as, to accept a bill of exchange.
- 6transitive verb
In a deliberate body, to receive in acquittance of a duty imposed; as, to accept the report of a committee. [This makes it the property of the body, and the question is then on its adoption.]
- 7adjective
Accepted.
- 8verb
tolerate or accommodate oneself to
"I shall have to accept these unpleasant working conditions"
"I swallowed the insult"
Synonyms
- 9verb
consider or hold as true
"I cannot accept the dogma of this church"
"accept an argument"
- 10verb
be sexually responsive to, used of a female domesticated mammal
"The cow accepted the bull"
- 11verb
react favorably to; consider right and proper
"People did not accept atonal music at that time"
"We accept the idea of universal health care"
- 12verb
give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to
"I cannot accept your invitation"
"I go for this resolution"
Synonyms
- 13verb
make use of or accept for some purpose
"take a risk"
"take an opportunity"
Synonyms
- 14verb
receive (a report) officially, as from a committee
- 15verb
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!"
- 16verb
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"
- 17verb
take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person
"I'll accept the charges"
"She agreed to bear the responsibility"
- 18verb
be designed to hold or take
"This surface will not take the dye"
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