Synonym: adopt, approve, believe, consent to, decline, refuse, reject. Similar words: acceptable, acceptance, except, concept, inception, except for, access, accent. Meaning: [ək'sept] v. 1. consider or hold as true 2. receive willingly something given or offered 3. give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to 4. react favorably to; consider right and proper 5. admit into a group or community 6. take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person 7. tolerate or accommodate oneself to 8. be designed to hold or take 9. receive (a report) officially, as from a committee 10. make use of or accept for some purpose 11. be sexually responsive to, used of a female domesticated mammal.
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(181) If he was prepared to apologize, the least she could do was meet him halfway and accept some of the blame.
(182) I think you have to accept the pain, however much it hurts.
(183) His thinking has ossified as he's grown older; he won't accept new ideas.
(184) He showed great strength of character when he refused to accept the bribes.
(185) We accept the outcome of the inquiry, without prejudice to the unsettled question of territorial waters.
(186) Mr Knight cannot be here, so his wife will accept the prize on his behalf.
(187) The committee kicked your suggestion about for over an hour before deciding that they could not accept it.
(188) He had to overrule his petty officials to accept him.
(189) Persuading others to accept the hard financial facts of life is not a very popular job.
(190) It is with great regret that I accept your resignation.
(191) I don't think for a minute that she'll accept but you can ask her.
(192) People will accept suffering that can be shown to lead to a greater good.
(193) Ms Jarvis is unable to accept your kind invitation .
(194) It would be trespassing on their hospitality to accept any more from them.
(195) After careful consideration of your proposal, I regret to say that we are unable to accept it.
(196) I'm sorry to say that I won't be able to accept the job.
(197) Let's not argue the toss we have to accept his choice.
(198) Having to accept the money was a blow to her pride.
(199) They stood four-square behind their chief[sentencedict.com], and they would not accept pressure on him to resign.
(200) They were unprepared to accept the conditions of the contract.
(201) Much to my regret, I am unable to accept your invitation.
(202) He shows every indication of wanting to accept the post.
(203) If this offer is genuine I will gladly accept it.
(204) I thought the whole point of the meeting was to decide which offer to accept.
(205) The committee kicked your suggestion around for over an hour before deciding that they could not accept it.
(205) Sentencedict.com is a online sentence dictionary, on which you can find excellent sentences for a large number of words.
(206) I'd accept a job abroad any day rather than stay in this country.
(207) I am not prepared to accept that this decision is final.
(208) The company cannot accept liability for any damage caused by natural disasters.
(209) We don't usually accept late applications, but in this case we will make an exception.
(210) Only if the circumstances are exceptional will we accept late applications.
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