Word Definitions & Examples
verb
Sense 1
"I shall have to accept these unpleasant working conditions"
"I swallowed the insult"
"She has learned to live with her husband''s little idiosyncracies"
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb
Sense 2
"accept students for graduate study"
"We''ll have to vote on whether or not to admit a new member"
Kinds of:
profess
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something with something
Somebody ----s on something
verb
Sense 3
"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"
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
Somebody ----s somebody INFINITIVE
verb
Sense 5
"This surface will not take the dye"
Type of:
be
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb
Sense 6
"I cannot accept your invitation"
"I go for this resolution"
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb
Sense 7
"People did not accept atonal music at that time"
"We accept the idea of universal health care"
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
verb
Sense 8
"The cow accepted the bull"
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb
Sense 9
"I cannot accept the dogma of this church"
"accept an argument"
Opposites:
reject
Type of:
judge
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Something ----s somebody
verb
Sense 10
"take a risk"
"take an opportunity"
Kinds of:
co-opt
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb
Sense 11
"I''ll accept the charges"
"She agreed to bear the responsibility"
Type of:
take
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Semantic Complexity
92%
Sense Count
11
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
80
Times Searched
1
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