To receive with a consenting mind (something offered); as, to accept a gift; - often followed by of.
To receive with favor; to approve.
To receive or admit and agree to; to assent to; as, I accept your proposal, amendment, or excuse.
To take by the mind; to understand; as, How are these words to be accepted?
To receive as obligatory and promise to pay; as, to accept a bill of exchange.
In a deliberate body, to receive in acquittance of a duty imposed; as, to accept the report of a committee. [This makes it the property of the body, and the question is then on its adoption.]
Accepted.
To take or leave out (anything) from a number or a whole as not belonging to it; to exclude; to omit.
To object to; to protest against.
To take exception; to object; - usually followed by to, sometimes by against; as, to except to a witness or his testimony.
With exclusion of; leaving or left out; excepting.
Unless; if it be not so that.
word-vs-word-cn
【Accept】 means to admit, receive, or agree.
I 【accept】 him to our organization with pleasure.
We 【accept】 your invitation to the ceremonies.
They 【accept】 the jury’s verdict with no problem.
【Except】 as a preposition means other than.
The student’s grades are low in every subject 【except】 science.
【Except】 as a verb means to exclude something.
If you 【except】 his math grades, Ryan has an impressive average.
To receive with a consenting mind (something offered); as, to accept a gift; - often followed by of.
To receive with favor; to approve.
To receive or admit and agree to; to assent to; as, I accept your proposal, amendment, or excuse.
To take by the mind; to understand; as, How are these words to be accepted?
To receive as obligatory and promise to pay; as, to accept a bill of exchange.
In a deliberate body, to receive in acquittance of a duty imposed; as, to accept the report of a committee. [This makes it the property of the body, and the question is then on its adoption.]
Accepted.
To take or leave out (anything) from a number or a whole as not belonging to it; to exclude; to omit.
To object to; to protest against.
To take exception; to object; - usually followed by to, sometimes by against; as, to except to a witness or his testimony.
With exclusion of; leaving or left out; excepting.