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Adjective accepted has 6 senses
- accepted, recognized, recognised - generally approved or compelling recognition; "several accepted techniques for treating the condition"; "his recognized superiority in this kind of work"
Antonym: unacknowledged (indirect, via acknowledged)
- accepted, undisputed - generally agreed upon; not subject to dispute; "the accepted interpretation of the poem"; "an accepted theory"
Antonym: controversial (indirect, via uncontroversial)
- accepted - generally accepted or used; "accepted methods of harmony and melody"; "three accepted types of pump"
Antonym: nonstandard (indirect, via standard)
- acceptable, accepted - judged to be in conformity with approved usage; "acceptable English usage"
Antonym: nonstandard (indirect, via standard)
- accepted - widely or permanently accepted; "an accepted precedent"
Antonym: unestablished (indirect, via established)
- accepted, received - widely accepted as true or worthy; "the accepted wisdom about old age"; "a received moral idea"; "Received political wisdom says not; surveys show otherwise"- Economist
Antonym: unconventional (indirect, via conventional)
Antonym: unconventional (indirect, via conventional)
Verb accept has 11 senses
- accept - consider or hold as true; "I cannot accept the dogma of this church"; "accept an argument"
--1 is one way to judge
Antonyms: reject
Sample sentences:
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Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
- accept, take, have - 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"
--2 is one way to get, acquire
Antonyms: refuse, reject, pass up, turn down, decline
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s something from somebody
- accept, consent, go for - give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to; "I cannot accept your invitation"; "I go for this resolution"
--3 is one way to react, respond
Antonyms: refuse, decline
Sample sentence:
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- accept - react favorably to; consider right and proper; "People did not accept atonal music at that time"; "We accept the idea of universal health care"
--4 is one way to react, respond
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- accept, admit, take, take on - 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"
--5 is one way to accept, take, have
Sample sentence:
Sam cannot accept Sue
- bear, take over, accept, assume - take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person; "I'll accept the charges"; "She agreed to bear the responsibility"
--6 is one way to take
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- accept, live with, swallow - 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 idiosyncracies"
--7 is one way to digest, endure, stick out, stomach, bear, stand, tolerate, support, brook, abide, suffer, put up
Sample sentence:
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- accept, take - be designed to hold or take; "This surface will not take the dye"
--8 is one way to be
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Something ----s something
- accept - of a deliberative body: receive (a report) officially, as from a committee
--9 is one way to receive, have
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- take, accept - make use of or accept for some purpose; "take a risk"; "take an opportunity"
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- accept - be sexually responsive to, used of a female domesticated mammal; "The cow accepted the bull"
--11 is one way to react, respond
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