Collocations for "accepted"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "accepted" 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]
'accepted' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
accept
- apology
- appeal
- bargain
- bribe
- broadly
- caveat
- collateral
- commonly
- conform
- cut
- dare
- eagerly
- else
- end
- faith
- frank
- generally
- grace
- grand
- grievance
- hassle
- hear
- inevitable
- invitation
- membership
- money
- notable
- offer
- official
- prepared
- promptly
- proof
- rationale
- reluctance
- request
- resignation
- responsibility
- sadly
- school
- select
- submission
- theory
- truth
- widely
- wonder