ALL meanings of accepting
ac·cept·ing
A a - noun accepting Consent to receive (a thing offered). 1
- adjective accepting amenable; open: She was always more accepting of coaching suggestions than her teammates. 1
- verb with object accepting to take or receive (something offered); receive with approval or favor: to accept a present; to accept a proposal. 1
- verb with object accepting to agree or consent to; accede to: to accept a treaty; to accept an apology. 1
- verb with object accepting to respond or answer affirmatively to: to accept an invitation. 1
- verb with object accepting to undertake the responsibility, duties, honors, etc., of: to accept the office of president. 1
- verb with object accepting to receive or admit formally, as to a college or club. 1
- verb with object accepting to accommodate or reconcile oneself to: to accept the situation. 1
- verb with object accepting to regard as true or sound; believe: to accept a claim; to accept Catholicism. 1
- verb with object accepting to regard as normal, suitable, or usual. 1
- verb with object accepting to receive as to meaning; understand. 1
- verb with object accepting Commerce. to acknowledge, by signature, as calling for payment, and thus to agree to pay, as a draft. 1
- verb with object accepting (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 accepting to receive or contain (something attached, inserted, etc.): This socket won't accept a three-pronged plug. 1
- verb with object accepting to receive (a transplanted organ or tissue) without adverse reaction. Compare reject (def 7). 1
- verb without object accepting to accept an invitation, gift, position, etc. (sometimes followed by of). 1
- verb accepting present participle of accept. 0
- adjective accepting Characterized by acceptance. 0