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Collocations for accept - verb

1. take/receive

ADVERB

eagerly, gladly, graciously, gratefully, willingly
She graciously accepted my apology.
reluctantly

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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.

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PREPOSITION

from
She accepted a bribe from an undercover policeman.

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2. agree/admit

ADVERB

happily, readily
Some people readily accept that they may have to pay for medical treatment.
fully
blindly, uncritically, unquestioningly
grudgingly

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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 forced to, have to
learn to

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PHRASES

be commonly accepted, be generally accepted, be universally accepted, be widely accepted
It is generally accepted that people are motivated by success.
accept sth 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.

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Accept is used with these nouns as the subject:
judge, tribunal, union

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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

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