0 to agree to take something: --
I've been invited to their wedding but I haven't decided whether to accept.
I've just accepted an invitation to the opening-night party.
We've offered her the job, but I don't know whether she'll accept it.
The new coffee machines will accept coins of any denomination.
I accept full responsibility for the failure of the plan.
1 to consider something or someone as satisfactory: --
3 to agree to take something, or to consider something as satisfactory, reasonable, or true: --
4 to agree to take something: --
5 to say yes to an offer or invitation: --
I've accepted an invitation to speak at the conference.
accept an offer/job/position We've offered her the job, but I don't know whether she'll accept.
The parser uses a chart-based best-first algorithm that accepts input incrementally.
Thus, it is proven that if a string is generated by the context-free grammar, it is accepted by the finite-state approximation of the grammar.
Generalizations are accepted when they fall into one of the two groups described in the rest of the section: best rules and contextual rules.
The six papers that were accepted represent major areas of research in the field.
Because this is ethnographic research that uses a case study method, we accepted the first four families who met our requirements and agreed to participate.
One lear ns more about the notion of collaborative lear ning if one accepts that conflict and disag reement can also be involved.
The central committee usually accepts ideas coming from a few top political leaders as absolute and unquestionable.
Women have also had more difficulty than men in being accepted into another prestigious domain, the literary canon.