American English pronunciation
How to pronounce accepting
IPA transcription: [æk'sɛptɪŋ]
Pronunciation variants: [æk'sɛptɪŋ][ək'sɛptɪŋ]
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Verb
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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!”
“Please accept my present”
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consider or hold as true
“I cannot accept the dogma of this church”
“accept an argument”
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give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to
“I cannot accept your invitation”
“I go for this resolution”
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take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person
“I'll accept the charges”
“She agreed to bear the responsibility”
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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”
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make use of or accept for some purpose
“take a risk”
“take an opportunity”
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react favorably to; consider right and proper
“People did not accept atonal music at that time”
“We accept the idea of universal health care”
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tolerate or accommodate oneself to
“I shall have to accept these unpleasant working conditions”
“I swallowed the insult”
“She has learned to live with her husband's little idiosyncrasies”
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be designed to hold or take
“This surface will not take the dye”
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receive (a report) officially, as from a committee
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be sexually responsive to, used of a female domesticated mammal
“The cow accepted the bull”
Adjective
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tolerating without protest
“always more accepting of coaching suggestion than her teammates”
“the atmosphere was judged to be more supporting and accepting”