Accept
verb
To receive or take something offered.
I accept your gift.
Often appears as...
- accept a gift
- accept an offer
verb
To agree or consent to.
I accept your apology.
Often appears as...
- accept an apology
- accept a proposal
verb
To believe or come to recognize as valid or correct.
He has finally accepted the truth.
Often appears as...
- accept the truth
- accept facts
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To endure a difficult or unpleasant situation.
We have to accept the situation as it is.
Often appears as...
- accept the situation
- accept the consequences
verb
To regard as true or suitable.
We don't accept your theory.
Often appears as...
- accept a theory
- accept advice
verb
To receive (a bill of exchange) or observe (a condition).
The bank accepted the check.
Often appears as...
- accept a check
- accept a bill
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To receive or take something offered.
I accept your gift.
Often appears as...
- accept a gift
- accept an offer
verb
To agree or consent to.
I accept your apology.
Often appears as...
- accept an apology
- accept a proposal
verb
To believe or come to recognize as valid or correct.
He has finally accepted the truth.
Often appears as...
- accept the truth
- accept facts
verb
To endure a difficult or unpleasant situation.
We have to accept the situation as it is.
Often appears as...
- accept the situation
- accept the consequences
verb
To regard as true or suitable.
We don't accept your theory.
Often appears as...
- accept a theory
- accept advice
verb
To receive (a bill of exchange) or observe (a condition).
The bank accepted the check.
Often appears as...
- accept a check
- accept a bill
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 6
Pro Tip 1/2Offer Acceptance
Used when saying yes to something given or proposed.
When offered a scholarship, she quickly accepted it.
Pro Tip 2/2Polite Response
Shows willingness to receive or welcome what's offered, often out of politeness.
She accepted his invitation to dinner with a smile.
Pro Tip 1/2Offer Acceptance
Used when saying yes to something given or proposed.
When offered a scholarship, she quickly accepted it.
Pro Tip 2/2Polite Response
Shows willingness to receive or welcome what's offered, often out of politeness.
She accepted his invitation to dinner with a smile.
Pro Tip 1/2Offer Acceptance
Used when saying yes to something given or proposed.
When offered a scholarship, she quickly accepted it.
Pro Tip 2/2Polite Response
Shows willingness to receive or welcome what's offered, often out of politeness.
She accepted his invitation to dinner with a smile.
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How big is infinity? -...
and spent the last half of his life in and out of mental institutions. But eventually, his ideas won out. Today, they're considered fundamental and magnificent. All research mathematicians accept these ideas, every college math major learns them, and I've explained them to you in a few minutes. Some day, perhaps, they'll be common knowledge.
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Bring on the learning...
It was in front of the whole class and I felt dreadful. But it's what I wanted, and as soon as I left school, I applied to the fire service and I was accepted. You know, I was thinking about that guy recently, just a few minutes ago when you were speaking, about this teacher, because six months ago, I saved his life."
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This is Sparta: Fierce...
and so the students spent a great deal of their time learning how to fight. To ensure resilience in battle, boys were encouraged to fight among themselves, and bullying, unlike today, was acceptable. In order to better prepare the boys for the conditions of war,
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Can you solve the pirate...
to increase the chances of his plan being accepted. But it turns out he can do much better than that. Why? Like we said, the pirates all know each other to be top-notch logicians. So when each votes, they won't just be thinking about the current proposal,
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How we conquered the...
Unlike variolation, which used actual smallpox virus to try to protect people, vaccination used the far less dangerous cowpox virus. The medical establishment, cautious then as now, deliberated at length over his findings before accepting them.
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How did Hitler rise to...
Germany had to accept full responsibility for the war and pay reparations, debilitating its already weakened economy. All this was seen as a humiliation by many nationalists and veterans. They wrongly believed the war could have been won
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An inside look at...
acceptable once that person accepts that they are an extremist and when they act on that there are a violent extremists so first and foremost basic psychological discourse on nature versus nurture and this is how we grow up
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The great conspiracy...
not only pardoning him but even accepting him as a close advisor and elevating him to important posts. Brutus was hesitant to conspire against the man who had treated him like a son, but in the end,
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Hear How Diana...
upstairs or how breaking with what she going to do it's I said commitments to accept mmm I was a terrified them and I said come and I just like to enjoy new
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Decompress In The Dunes...
of life accepting change we discover freedom of mind
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How big is infinity? -...
and spent the last half of his life in and out of mental institutions. But eventually, his ideas won out. Today, they're considered fundamental and magnificent. All research mathematicians accept these ideas, every college math major learns them, and I've explained them to you in a few minutes. Some day, perhaps, they'll be common knowledge.
Video examples
Bring on the learning...
It was in front of the whole class and I felt dreadful. But it's what I wanted, and as soon as I left school, I applied to the fire service and I was accepted. You know, I was thinking about that guy recently, just a few minutes ago when you were speaking, about this teacher, because six months ago, I saved his life."
Video examples
This is Sparta: Fierce...
and so the students spent a great deal of their time learning how to fight. To ensure resilience in battle, boys were encouraged to fight among themselves, and bullying, unlike today, was acceptable. In order to better prepare the boys for the conditions of war,
Video examples
Can you solve the pirate...
to increase the chances of his plan being accepted. But it turns out he can do much better than that. Why? Like we said, the pirates all know each other to be top-notch logicians. So when each votes, they won't just be thinking about the current proposal,
Video examples
How we conquered the...
Unlike variolation, which used actual smallpox virus to try to protect people, vaccination used the far less dangerous cowpox virus. The medical establishment, cautious then as now, deliberated at length over his findings before accepting them.
Video examples
How did Hitler rise to...
Germany had to accept full responsibility for the war and pay reparations, debilitating its already weakened economy. All this was seen as a humiliation by many nationalists and veterans. They wrongly believed the war could have been won
Video examples
An inside look at...
acceptable once that person accepts that they are an extremist and when they act on that there are a violent extremists so first and foremost basic psychological discourse on nature versus nurture and this is how we grow up
Video examples
The great conspiracy...
not only pardoning him but even accepting him as a close advisor and elevating him to important posts. Brutus was hesitant to conspire against the man who had treated him like a son, but in the end,
Video examples
Hear How Diana...
upstairs or how breaking with what she going to do it's I said commitments to accept mmm I was a terrified them and I said come and I just like to enjoy new
Video examples
Decompress In The Dunes...
of life accepting change we discover freedom of mind
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Future
American Musician
I like all types of women. I accept them as they are when they come into my life... But I'm not a romantic. I'm just up-front. I like to be a part of something real, not make-believe. I tell women to tell me the truth, to just lay it out. Let me be the judge and decide if I want you around or not. Let me have my choice.
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Robert Frost
American Poet
Always fall in with what you're asked to accept. Take what is given, and make it over your way. My aim in life has always been to hold my own with whatever's going. Not against: with.
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Voltaire
French Writer
Each player must accept the cards life deals him or her: but once they are in hand, he or she alone must decide how to play the cards in order to win the game.
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Maya Angelou
American Poet
My great hope is to laugh as much as I cry; to get my work done and try to love somebody and have the courage to accept the love in return.
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Henry Ward Beecher
American Clergyman
God asks no man whether he will accept life. That is not the choice. You must take it. The only choice is how.
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Joseph Campbell
American Author
We must let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for us.
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Henry Miller
American Author
Until we accept the fact that life itself is founded in mystery, we shall learn nothing.
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Bette Davis
American Actress
The key to life is accepting challenges. Once someone stops doing this, he's dead.
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Jordan Peterson
Canadian Psychologist
Accept the terrible responsibility of life with eyes wide open.
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Jack Kerouac
American Novelist
Accept loss forever.
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Future
American Musician
I like all types of women. I accept them as they are when they come into my life... But I'm not a romantic. I'm just up-front. I like to be a part of something real, not make-believe. I tell women to tell me the truth, to just lay it out. Let me be the judge and decide if I want you around or not. Let me have my choice.
Quote examples
Robert Frost
American Poet
Always fall in with what you're asked to accept. Take what is given, and make it over your way. My aim in life has always been to hold my own with whatever's going. Not against: with.
Quote examples
Voltaire
French Writer
Each player must accept the cards life deals him or her: but once they are in hand, he or she alone must decide how to play the cards in order to win the game.
Quote examples
Maya Angelou
American Poet
My great hope is to laugh as much as I cry; to get my work done and try to love somebody and have the courage to accept the love in return.
Quote examples
Henry Ward Beecher
American Clergyman
God asks no man whether he will accept life. That is not the choice. You must take it. The only choice is how.
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Joseph Campbell
American Author
We must let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for us.
Quote examples
Henry Miller
American Author
Until we accept the fact that life itself is founded in mystery, we shall learn nothing.
Quote examples
Bette Davis
American Actress
The key to life is accepting challenges. Once someone stops doing this, he's dead.
Quote examples
Jordan Peterson
Canadian Psychologist
Accept the terrible responsibility of life with eyes wide open.
Quote examples
Jack Kerouac
American Novelist
Accept loss forever.
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