Collocations for "accept"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "accept" in context.
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accept
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.v
- accept the [terms, contract, outcome, facts]
- accept the [position, invitation, award, offer]
- I cannot accept your [invitation, description]
- (just) going to have to accept [this, the fact that]
- (we) accept [PayPal®, Visa®, MasterCard®]
- accept [responsibility, liability] (for)
- (do not) accept [returns, exchanges]
- [forced, resigned, reluctant] to accept
- is accepted in [the US, Japan, India]
- accepted as [proof, evidence]
- [is, was] accepted that
- accepted or [rejected, denied, declined]
- accepted without [question, prior knowledge]
- accepted as [fact, truth, genuine]
- it is [generally, widely, commonly] accepted (that)
- accepted into [college, university, med school]
- was accepted [by her classmates, onto the course, onto the board]
'accept' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
addition
- agree
- apology
- award
- bare
- beg
- bullshit
- but
- card
- century
- challenge
- charity
- check
- choice
- choose
- complaint
- compliment
- conceited
- condition
- confess
- consequence
- constrain
- content
- convenient
- counsel
- credit
- criticism
- defeat
- delete
- delighted
- denial
- dying
- either
- enough
- excuse
- failing
- failure
- fold
- gall
- grace
- guest
- handout
- happily
- help
- hereafter
- impolite
- induce
- inevitable
- intimate
- less