Collocations for accept - verb
1. take/receive
ADVERB
eagerly,
gladly,
graciously,
gratefully,
willingly
She graciously accepted my apology.
She graciously accepted my apology.
reluctantly
VERB + accept
be glad to,
be happy to
be reluctant to, be unwilling to
be unable to
I am unfortunately unable to accept your kind invitation.
be reluctant to, be unwilling to
be unable to
I am unfortunately unable to accept your kind invitation.
2. agree/admit
ADVERB
happily,
readily
Some people readily accept that they may have to pay for medical treatment.
Some people readily accept that they may have to pay for medical treatment.
fully
blindly, uncritically, unquestioningly
grudgingly
blindly, uncritically, unquestioningly
grudgingly
VERB + accept
be happy to,
be prepared to,
be ready to,
be willing to
be reluctant to, be unwilling to
be unable to, refuse to
can, will
cannot, will not
The college cannot accept responsibility for items lost or stolen on its premises.
be reluctant to, be unwilling to
be unable to, refuse to
can, will
cannot, will not
The college cannot accept responsibility for items lost or stolen on its premises.
be forced to,
have to
learn to
learn to
PHRASES
be commonly accepted,
be generally accepted,
be universally accepted,
be widely accepted
It is generally accepted that people are motivated by success.
It is generally accepted that people are motivated by success.
accept sth at face value
These figures should not be accepted at face value.
These figures should not be accepted at face value.
have no choice but to accept
I had no choice but to accept the committee's decision.
I had no choice but to accept the committee's decision.
Accept is used with these nouns as the subject:
judge, tribunal, union
judge, tribunal, union
Accept is used with these nouns as the object:
advice, amendment, apology, application, appointment, argument, arrangement, assertion, assignment, assumption, assurance, authority, award, bet, bid, blame, booking, bribe, card, ceasefire, challenge, charity, cheque, claim, commission, compensation, compliment, compromise, condition, condolences, congratulations, consequence, counsel, credit card, criticism, crown, cut, deal, defeat, definition, delivery, destiny, diploma, doctrine, dogma, donation, embrace, employment, excuse, existence, explanation, fact, fate, fault, favour, gift, guideline, help, honour, hospitality, hypothesis, idea, immigrant, implication, importance, inclusion, inevitability, input, instruction, invitation, job, kiss, liability, lift, limit, limitation, logic, manuscript, mediation, money, motion, need, nomination, notion, offer, offering, package, payment, penalty, petition, plea, point of view, position, possibility, prize, proposal, proposition, punishment, quotation, quote, reality, reasoning, rebuke, recommendation, reduction, redundancy, reform, refugee, refusal, registration, report, request, reservation, resignation, responsibility, restriction, ride, risk, role, rule, settlement, situation, submission, suggestion, surrender, teaching, tender, term, thanks, theory, thesis, thing, treatment, treaty, truth, ultimatum, validity, verdict, view, wage, wisdom
advice, amendment, apology, application, appointment, argument, arrangement, assertion, assignment, assumption, assurance, authority, award, bet, bid, blame, booking, bribe, card, ceasefire, challenge, charity, cheque, claim, commission, compensation, compliment, compromise, condition, condolences, congratulations, consequence, counsel, credit card, criticism, crown, cut, deal, defeat, definition, delivery, destiny, diploma, doctrine, dogma, donation, embrace, employment, excuse, existence, explanation, fact, fate, fault, favour, gift, guideline, help, honour, hospitality, hypothesis, idea, immigrant, implication, importance, inclusion, inevitability, input, instruction, invitation, job, kiss, liability, lift, limit, limitation, logic, manuscript, mediation, money, motion, need, nomination, notion, offer, offering, package, payment, penalty, petition, plea, point of view, position, possibility, prize, proposal, proposition, punishment, quotation, quote, reality, reasoning, rebuke, recommendation, reduction, redundancy, reform, refugee, refusal, registration, report, request, reservation, resignation, responsibility, restriction, ride, risk, role, rule, settlement, situation, submission, suggestion, surrender, teaching, tender, term, thanks, theory, thesis, thing, treatment, treaty, truth, ultimatum, validity, verdict, view, wage, wisdom