ALL meanings of accept
ac·cept
A a - verb accept If you accept something that you have been offered, you say yes to it or agree to take it. 3
- verb accept If you accept an idea, statement, or fact, you believe that it is true or valid. 3
- verb accept If you accept a plan or an intended action, you agree to it and allow it to happen. 3
- verb accept If you accept an unpleasant fact or situation, you get used to it or recognize that it is necessary or cannot be changed. 3
- verb accept If a person, company, or organization accepts something such as a document, they recognize that it is genuine, correct, or satisfactory and agree to consider it or handle it. 3
- verb accept If an organization or person accepts you, you are allowed to join the organization or use the services that are offered. 3
- verb accept If a person or a group of people accepts you, they begin to be friendly towards you and are happy with who you are or what you do. 3
- verb accept If you accept the responsibility or blame for something, you recognize that you are responsible for it. 3
- verb accept If you accept someone's advice or suggestion, you agree to do what they say. 3
- verb accept If someone's body accepts a transplanted organ, the organ becomes part of the body and starts to function normally. 3
- verb accept If a machine accepts a particular kind of thing, it is designed to take it and deal with it or process it. 3
- verb accept to take or receive (something offered) 3
- verb accept to give an affirmative reply to 3
- verb accept to take on the responsibilities, duties, etc, of 3
- verb accept to tolerate or accommodate oneself to 3
- verb accept to consider as true or believe in (a philosophy, theory, etc) 3
- verb accept to be willing to grant or believe 3
- verb accept to receive with approval or admit, as into a community, group, etc 3
- verb accept to agree to pay (a bill, draft, shipping document, etc), esp by signing 3
- verb accept to receive as adequate, satisfactory, or valid 3
- verb accept to receive, take, or hold (something applied, inserted, etc) 3
- verb accept to take or receive an offer, invitation, etc 3
- verb transitive accept to take (what is offered or given); receive, esp. willingly 3
- verb transitive accept to receive favorably; approve 3
- verb transitive accept to submit to; be resigned to 3
- verb transitive accept to believe in 3
- verb transitive accept to understand as having a certain meaning 3
- verb transitive accept to respond to in the affirmative 3
- verb transitive accept to admit as a student, member, etc. 3
- verb transitive accept to agree to take the responsibilities of (a job, office, etc.) 3
- verb transitive accept to receive (a committee report) as satisfactory according to parliamentary procedure 3
- verb transitive accept to agree, as by a signed promise, to pay 3
- verb transitive accept to receive with intent to retain and adopt 3
- intransitive verb accept to accept something offered 3
- noun Technical meaning of accept (library, networking) Berkeley Unix networking socket library routine to satisfy a connection request from a remote host. A specified socket on the local host (which must be capable of accepting the connection) is connected to the requesting socket on the remote host. The remote socket's socket address is returned. 1
- noun accept The verbs accept and except are sometimes confused because of their similar pronunciations, especially in rapid speech. Accept means “to take or receive” (I accept this trophy), while except means “to exclude” (Certain types of damage are excepted from coverage in this insurance policy). 1
- verb with object accept to take or receive (something offered); receive with approval or favor: to accept a present; to accept a proposal. 1
- verb with object accept to agree or consent to; accede to: to accept a treaty; to accept an apology. 1
- verb with object accept to respond or answer affirmatively to: to accept an invitation. 1
- verb with object accept to undertake the responsibility, duties, honors, etc., of: to accept the office of president. 1
- verb with object accept to receive or admit formally, as to a college or club. 1
- verb with object accept to accommodate or reconcile oneself to: to accept the situation. 1
- verb with object accept to regard as true or sound; believe: to accept a claim; to accept Catholicism. 1
- verb with object accept to regard as normal, suitable, or usual. 1
- verb with object accept to receive as to meaning; understand. 1
- verb with object accept Commerce. to acknowledge, by signature, as calling for payment, and thus to agree to pay, as a draft. 1
- verb with object accept (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. 1
- verb with object accept to receive or contain (something attached, inserted, etc.): This socket won't accept a three-pronged plug. 1
- verb with object accept to receive (a transplanted organ or tissue) without adverse reaction. Compare reject (def 7). 1
- verb without object accept to accept an invitation, gift, position, etc. (sometimes followed by of). 1