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May 16, 2012
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Synonyms for accepted

Verb

1. accept, judge
usage: consider or hold as true; "I cannot accept the dogma of this church"; "accept an argument"
2. accept, take, have, get, acquire
usage: receive willingly something given or offered; "The only girl who would have him was the miller's daughter"; "I won't have this dog in my house!"; "Please accept my present"
3. accept, consent, go for, react, respond
usage: give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to; "I cannot accept your invitation"; "I go for this resolution"
4. accept, react, respond
usage: react favorably to; consider right and proper; "People did not accept atonal music at that time"; "We accept the idea of universal health care"
5. accept, admit, take, take on, accept, take, have
usage: admit into a group or community; "accept students for graduate study"; "We'll have to vote on whether or not to admit a new member"
6. bear, take over, accept, assume, take
usage: take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person; "I'll accept the charges"; "She agreed to bear the responsibility"
7. accept, live with, swallow, digest, endure, stick out, stomach, bear, stand, tolerate, support, brook, abide, suffer, put up
usage: tolerate or accommodate oneself to; "I shall have to accept these unpleasant working conditions"; "I swallowed the insult"; "She has learned to live with her husband's little idiosyncracies"
8. accept, take, be
usage: be designed to hold or take; "This surface will not take the dye"
9. accept, receive, have
usage: of a deliberative body: receive (a report) officially, as from a committee
10. take, accept
usage: make use of or accept for some purpose; "take a risk"; "take an opportunity"
11. accept, react, respond
usage: be sexually responsive to, used of a female domesticated mammal; "The cow accepted the bull"

Adjective

1. accepted, recognized, recognised, acknowledged (vs. unacknowledged)
usage: generally approved or compelling recognition; "several accepted techniques for treating the condition"; "his recognized superiority in this kind of work"
2. accepted, undisputed, uncontroversial (vs. controversial), noncontroversial
usage: generally agreed upon; not subject to dispute; "the accepted interpretation of the poem"; "an accepted theory"
3. accepted, standard (vs. nonstandard)
usage: generally accepted or used; "accepted methods of harmony and melody"; "three accepted types of pump"
4. acceptable, accepted, standard (vs. nonstandard), received
usage: judged to be in conformity with approved usage; "acceptable English usage"
5. accepted, established (vs. unestablished), constituted
usage: widely or permanently accepted; "an accepted precedent"
6. accepted, received, conventional (vs. unconventional) (vs. unconventional)
usage: widely accepted as true or worthy; "the accepted wisdom about old age"; "a received moral idea"; "Received political wisdom says not; surveys show otherwise"- Economist
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