accept

verb

1 take/receive

ADVERB

▪ eagerly, gladly, graciously, gratefully, willingly

▪

She graciously accepted my apology.

▪ reluctantly

VERB + ACCEPT

▪ be glad to, be happy to

▪ be reluctant to, be unwilling to

▪ be unable to

▪

I am unfortunately unable to accept your kind invitation.

PREPOSITION

▪ from

▪

She accepted a bribe from an undercover policeman.

2 agree/admit

ADVERB

▪ happily, readily

▪

Some people readily accept that they may have to pay for medical treatment.

▪ fully

▪ blindly, uncritically, unquestioningly

▪ grudgingly

VERB + ACCEPT

▪ be happy to, be prepared to, be ready to, be willing to

▪ be reluctant to, be unwilling to

▪ be unable to, refuse to

▪ can, will

▪ cannot, will not

▪

The college cannot accept responsibility for items lost or stolen on its premises.

▪ be forced to, have to

▪ learn to

PHRASES

▪ be commonly accepted, be generally accepted, be universally accepted, be widely accepted

▪

It is generally accepted that people are motivated by success.

▪ accept sth at face value

▪

These figures should not be accepted at face value.

▪ have no choice but to accept

▪

I had no choice but to accept the committee's decision.

Accept is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑judge, ↑tribunal, ↑union

Accept is used with these nouns as the object: ↑advice, ↑amendment, ↑apology, ↑application, ↑appointment, ↑argument, ↑arrangement, ↑assertion, ↑assignment, ↑assumption, ↑assurance, ↑authority, ↑award, ↑bet, ↑bid, ↑blame, ↑booking, ↑bribe, ↑card, ↑ceasefire, ↑challenge, ↑charity, ↑cheque, ↑claim, ↑commission, ↑compensation, ↑compliment, ↑compromise, ↑condition, ↑condolences, ↑congratulations, ↑consequence, ↑counsel, ↑credit card, ↑criticism, ↑crown, ↑cut, ↑deal, ↑defeat, ↑definition, ↑delivery, ↑destiny, ↑diploma, ↑doctrine, ↑dogma, ↑donation, ↑embrace, ↑employment, ↑excuse, ↑existence, ↑explanation, ↑fact, ↑fate, ↑fault, ↑favour, ↑gift, ↑guideline, ↑help, ↑honour, ↑hospitality, ↑hypothesis, ↑idea, ↑immigrant, ↑implication, ↑importance, ↑inclusion, ↑inevitability, ↑input, ↑instruction, ↑invitation, ↑job, ↑kiss, ↑liability, ↑lift, ↑limit, ↑limitation, ↑logic, ↑manuscript, ↑mediation, ↑money, ↑motion, ↑need, ↑nomination, ↑notion, ↑offer, ↑offering, ↑package, ↑payment, ↑penalty, ↑petition, ↑plea, ↑point of view, ↑position, ↑possibility, ↑prize, ↑proposal, ↑proposition, ↑punishment, ↑quotation, ↑quote, ↑reality, ↑reasoning, ↑rebuke, ↑recommendation, ↑reduction, ↑redundancy, ↑reform, ↑refugee, ↑refusal, ↑registration, ↑report, ↑request, ↑reservation, ↑resignation, ↑responsibility, ↑restriction, ↑ride, ↑risk, ↑role, ↑rule, ↑settlement, ↑situation, ↑submission, ↑suggestion, ↑surrender, ↑teaching, ↑tender, ↑term, ↑thanks, ↑theory, ↑thesis, ↑thing, ↑treatment, ↑treaty, ↑truth, ↑ultimatum, ↑validity, ↑verdict, ↑view, ↑wage, ↑wisdom