accept

«accept» in Mova's school dictionary: to take what someone offers you — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (accept, accepts, accepted, accepting)

meaning for a pupil

1) To accept something is to take what someone offers you. tree →

2) To accept an idea or fact is to agree that it is true. tree →

3) To accept a situation is to stop fighting it, even if you do not like it. tree →

4) To accept someone is to welcome them into a group. tree →

5) To accept is to say yes to an invitation. tree →

sense in the lessons

In manners lessons, you accept a gift or invitation with thanks. In feelings lessons, accepting mistakes and losing gracefully is part of growing up. Accepting differences means respecting people who are not like you. In safety, do not accept sweets, lifts or gifts from strangers. Phrases: accept an invitation, accept a gift, accept the blame, accept an apology, accept a challenge.

examples

• She accepted the present with a big smile. tree →
• Please accept my apology. tree →
• We accepted the invitation to the party. tree →
• Never accept a lift from a stranger. tree →
• He accepted that he had made a mistake. tree →
• The new girl was quickly accepted by the class. tree →
• This shop does not accept cash. tree →
• I can only accept it with joy.’ tree →

note

Do not confuse accept (take, agree) with except (but not): "Everyone except Tom accepted the invitation." They sound almost the same. Noun: acceptance. Adjective: acceptable (good enough).

In the corpora

• Most people accept tax as the price of public services; they argue about how much and what it is spent on.
• Titanium is also used for hip replacements because the body accepts it well.
• Some words from Latin have old plurals (cactus/cacti, fungus/fungi); the English plural is often accepted too.
• For names ending in s, both James's book and James' book are accepted; many schools teach James's.
• "Re-education" means forced political indoctrination: people are made to repeat and accept the government's ideas, often in camps.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «accept» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.