akzeptieren — meaning in English

English meaning

• accept verb To agree to receive or take something that is offered.
• agree verb To share the same opinion as someone else.
• condone verb To accept or overlook behaviour that is generally considered wrong.
• swallow verb To move food or drink from the mouth down into the stomach.

Senses

akzeptieren is used for these senses in English:

• accept (transitive) To receive or admit to; to agree to; to assent to; to submit to.
• agree (intransitive) To make a stipulation by way of settling differences or determining a price; to exchange promises; to come to terms or to a common resolve; to promise.
• condone (transitive) To allow, accept or permit (something that is considered morally wrong, offensive, or generally disliked).
• swallow (transitive) To accept easily or without questions; to believe, accept. [from 16th c.]
• take a bow (idiomatic) To accept praise, as performers in a theater at the end of their act.

accept — full definition

1. verb To agree to receive or take something that is offered.
2. verb To acknowledge something as true or as a fact, even if reluctantly.
3. verb To approve of and include someone, such as in a group or institution.

agree — full definition

1. verb To share the same opinion as someone else.
2. verb To say yes to a plan, request, or arrangement.
3. verb In grammar, to match another word in form, such as a verb matching its subject in number.

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