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adjective

Definition of acceptingnext
1
as in believing

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2
as in approving

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3
as in resigned

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accepting

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verb

present participle of accept
1
as in having
to agree to receive whether willingly or reluctantly some merchants in town will accept Canadian coins

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2
as in tolerating
to have a favorable opinion of her husband feels that he has never been truly accepted by his wife's family

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3
as in taking
to regard as right or true refused to accept that her friend had said those mean things

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4
as in assuming
to take to or upon oneself accepted the responsibility of sending out the invitations

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as in handling
to put up with (something painful or difficult) he accepted all of life's vicissitudes without complaint

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Recent Examples of accepting
Adjective
Go back to a less accepting time in the UK. — Michael Schneider, Variety, 24 Apr. 2026 Researchers and clinicians are more accepting of the idea that the common understanding of PCOS is misguided. — Annalisa Merelli, STAT, 1 Apr. 2026
Verb
In a story about confronting your past and accepting personal responsibility, the gods are just a distraction. — Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 17 July 2026 Four ethics experts told ProPublica that by accepting the premium tickets Trusty and Carr compromised the FCC’s impartiality and should not take part in any upcoming decision on the merger. — ArsTechnica, 17 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for accepting
Recent Examples of Synonyms for accepting
  1. believing
  2. approving
  3. resigned
  4. having
  5. tolerating
  6. taking
  7. assuming
  8. handling
Adjective
  • The non-believing partner may start to emotionally withdraw from the other, purely out of self-preservation.
    — Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Definition of believing
Adjective
  • Leaders spend less time approving and more time setting direction and context.
    — Anna Drobakha, Forbes.com, 19 May 2026
  • My hostess stands in the middle of her guests and offers me the slightest of nods, the quick upward pull of an approving smile.
    — Danielle Parker, CBS News, 8 Mar. 2026
Definition of approving
Adjective
  • Liz Alvarado skillfully broadens this figure from a resigned, knowing older woman committed to marrying for security, to believably revealing dormant feelings within her that tamped down her first-and-only true enamorado Diego.
    — Christopher Smith, Oc Register, 12 May 2026
  • Neither is the machine that, partway through the play, noisily turns the stage into a great berg of foam, which slowly subsumes a resigned Kramer.
    — Talya Zax, The Atlantic, 21 Feb. 2026
Definition of resigned
Verb
  • Many students today recall the pandemic as a time filled by moments at home with family, going to school in their pajamas or having a break from some of the social pressures of school.
    — Stacey Gillett, Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2026
  • Nor to the notion of having a road named after him a century later.
    — Catherine Dunwoody, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
Definition of having
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  • Women who are actively seeking new employment show narrower pay gaps than those who stay, which means the ones tolerating the widest gaps are often trading fair pay for flexibility or job security.
    — Kara Dennison, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
  • For decades, the system has demanded toughness in exactly the wrong places, tolerating dysfunctional technology, absorbing endless documentation, and compensating for broken workflows.
    — Frantz M. Berthaud, STAT, 7 July 2026
Definition of tolerating
Verb
  • These measures, including taking data centers off-grid and allowing power plants to exceed pollution limits, are now routine, invoked 43 times in 14 months compared to 20 in the prior 50 years.
    — Anna Demeo, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
  • Reached a second successive final with Argentina, almost single-handedly firing them there with eight goals (taking his tally to 15 goals from 15 matches in the past two tournaments).
    — Tim Spiers, New York Times, 21 July 2026
Definition of taking
Verb
  • One of the biggest mistakes that business leaders make amid expansion is assuming customers in new markets have the same wants, needs, emotional reactions and behaviors.
    — Andrea Aker, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
  • In addition, the vote-by-mail ballots postmarked before or on Election Day need to be counted, too — assuming they are received by a county elections office no later than seven days after the election, the secretary of state’s office said.
    — Paris Barraza, USA Today, 17 July 2026
Definition of assuming
Verb
  • By the 1990s, the responsibility of handling unclaimed and unidentified bodies had shifted to the state’s Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, which works with local funeral homes to arrange burials and cremations.
    — John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 20 July 2026
  • The data can be collected by smartphone apps, transponders and other technology, with the apps able to detect whether a driver is handling the phone and is distracted — a leading cause of accidents along with speeding.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2026
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