accept

To willingly take something that someone offers or gives you.

• Please accept this small gift.
• He accepted the award with a smile.
• Will you accept our invitation?

How to use it: accept something from someone (She accepted a gift from her neighbour.)

Similar words: take, receive

Opposites: refuse, reject

Common phrases: accept a gift, accept an award, accept an invitation, accept an offer

To believe something is true or recognize that it is reasonable or right.

• I accept your explanation.
• She accepted that the evidence was correct.
• Do you accept this theory as true?

How to use it: accept that ... (I accept that I made a mistake.); accept something as something (They accepted the document as valid.)

Similar words: believe, acknowledge, recognize

Opposites: reject, deny

Common phrases: accept the truth, accept an explanation, accept as true

To agree to a request, suggestion, decision, or condition.

• They accepted our proposal.
• She reluctantly accepted the new conditions.
• Will the company accept this compromise?

Similar words: agree to, approve

Opposites: reject, refuse

Common phrases: accept a proposal, accept the terms, accept a decision