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How to pronounce accept
Say it like this: /əkˈsɛpt/. Listen to real recordings below and compare how it sounds in different accents.
What does accept mean?
verbTo receive, especially with a consent, with favour, or with approval.
“Remember all thy offerings, and accept thy burnt sacrifice.”
To admit to a place or a group.
“The Boy Scouts were going to accept him as a member.”
To regard as proper, usual, true, or to believe in.
“I accept the notion that Christ lived.”
adjAccepted.
“Pass our accept and peremptory answer.”
nounSomething that is accepted.
“Almost all line segments will be trivial accepts or trivial rejects, so the above covers the vast majority of cases.”
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