accept
/əkˈsɛpt/
US pronunciation
American sound/əkˈsɛpt/
əkˈsɛpt
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ək - ˈsɛpt -> accept
Myanmar meaning
(v) လက်ခံသည်။ ယူသည်။ အသိအမှတ် ပြုသည်။ (ဒုက္ခ သုက္ခ၊ သည်းညည်း) ခံသည်။ ယူသည်။ ကြည်ဖြူစွာလက်ခံသည်။ လက်သင့်ခံသည်။
Full entry
၁။ လက်ခံသည်။ ယူသည်။ accept a gift/ a piece of advice/ an apology/ an offer/ a cheque/ a decision/ a proposal/ responsibility.
၂။ အသိအမှတ် ပြုသည်။ လက်ခံသည်။ Can we accept his account as the true version?
၃။ (ဒုက္ခ သုက္ခ၊ သည်းညည်း) ခံသည်။ accept suffering ❍ They continue to accept low pay and appalling conditions.
၄။ ယူသည်။ accept risks.
၅။ ကြည်ဖြူစွာလက်ခံသည်။ လက်သင့်ခံသည်။ He was never really accepted by his classmates.
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- It gives me great pleasure to accept this award.
- Saunders has been convicted for accepting bribes.
- They offered her a job, and she accepted without hesitation.
- Our clients will never accept this proposal.
- Most of the report’s recommendations have been accepted by the government.
- Sam accepted her explanation without question.
- This argument is unlikely to be accepted by the court.
- [accept that] : Most scientists accept that climate change is linked to pollution.
- [generally/widely accepted] : His views on genetics are not now widely accepted.
- [accept blame/responsibility/liability] : We cannot accept liability for items stolen from your car.
- The media must accept their share of the blame.
- I know it’s not fair, but you’ll just have to accept it.
- They found it hard to accept defeat.
- [accept that] : For a long time, he simply could not accept that she was dead.
- Under the new law, gay people will be accepted in the armed forces.
- [accept someone as something] : Mexico was accepted as a member of the OECD in 1994.
- The local people never really accepted us.
- [accept someone into something] : She was desperate for the children to accept her into the family.
- A publisher in New York has accepted her novel for publication.
- The payphones here accept either coins or phone cards.
- We accept personal cheques with proper identification.
Synonyms
believe, recognize, agree to, admit, acknowledge, understand, allow, accede, acquiesce, acquire, adopt, affirm, agree, agree to take, approbate, approve, assent, assume, avow, bear, bear with, bow, buy, capitulate, check out, comply, concur with, consent, consenting, cooperate with, countenance, defer to, don't make waves, don't rock the boat, endure, fancy, favor, fit in, gain, get, give a positive response, give stamp of approval, give the go-ahead, give the green light, give the nod, go along with, go for, hold, hold with, lap up, like, live with, obtain, okay, play the game, put up with, receive, relish, resign yourself, respect, rubber-stamp, say yes, say you will, secure, set store by, shoulder, sign, sign off on, sit still for, stand, stand for, stomach, submit to, suffer, swallow, take, take as gospel truth, take on, take one up on, take stock in, thumbs up, tolerate, trust, undertake, welcome, yield to
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