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accept

verbverified·updated Jun 3, 2026

To consent to receive (something given or offered).

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Senses

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to tolerate or accommodate oneself to

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to consider or hold as true

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to be sexually responsive to, used of a female domesticated mammal

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to react favorably to

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to give an affirmative reply to

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to receive officially, as a report from a committee

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to receive willingly something given or offered

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to admit into a group or community

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to take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person

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to be designed to hold or take

Classifications

Cognitive

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Responsibility

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Automation

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Variants

synonym
bearconsentswallowtake
pasttense
accepted
presentparticiple
accepting
thirdpersonsingular
accepts
pastparticiple
accepted