accept or except

Accept means to receive something especially with consent or approval. It could also mean being admitted to a place, an institution or a firm.

"Accept my heartfelt condolences on the death of your wife."

Except means to exclude or specify as being the exception in an occurrence.

"I brought gifts for everyone except John. He has been a bad boy of recent."

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• weiner vs wiener
• stood vs stayed
• resign vs re-sign
• intergrate vs integrate
• summary vs summery
• blindsighted vs blindsided
• error vs err
• in route vs en route
• buttox vs buttocks
• submittal vs submission

Definitions

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• v  consider or hold as true
  I cannot accept the dogma of this church
  accept an argument
• v  receive willingly something given or offered
  Please accept my present
• v  give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to
  I cannot accept your invitation
• v  react favorably to; consider right and proper
  People did not accept atonal music at that time
  We accept the idea of universal health care
• v  admit into a group or community
  accept students for graduate study
• v  take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person
  I'll accept the charges
• v  tolerate or accommodate oneself to
  I shall have to accept these unpleasant working conditions
• v  be designed to hold or take
• v  receive (a report) officially, as from a committee
• v  make use of or accept for some purpose
• v  be sexually responsive to, used of a female domesticated mammal
  The cow accepted the bull

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• v  take exception to
• v  prevent from being included or considered or accepted

News & Articles

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• Senate majority leader says he won't accept watered-down background check in gun legislation
  WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says he won't accept watered-down background checks as the price for pushing gun control legislation through the Senate.
  June 13, 2013 - Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune
• Clearwire urges shareholders to accept Dish offer
  By Sinead Carew NEW YORK (Reuters) - Clearwire Corp's board urged shareholders on Wednesday to accept a tender offer from Dish Network Corp over an earlier deal with majority owner Sprint Nextel Corp to buy out the minority shareholders of the wireless service provider. The decision was a boost for Dish Chairman Charlie Ergen who is also in a takeover battle with SoftBank Corp to take full ...
  June 12, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News
• Clearwire Recommends Stockholders To Accept DISH Network's Offer - Quick Facts
  Clearwire Recommends Stockholders To Accept DISH Network's Offer - Quick Facts
  June 12, 2013 - Nasdaq

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• Maybe the Robotics Revolution Will Start in the Toy Aisle
  During Apple's keynote at its Worldwide Developers Conference, it was all Apple all the time, except for one quick demo near the beginning of the event. The CEO of a relatively obscure company (as obscure ...
  June 13, 2013 - The Atlantic via Yahoo! Finance
• Meet the Robotics Company Apple Just Anointed
  During Apple's keynote at its Worldwide Developers Conference, it was all Apple all the time, except for one quick demo near the beginning of the event. The CEO of a relatively obscure company (as obscure ...
  June 13, 2013 - The Atlantic via Yahoo! Finance
• Quoted: Kanye West regrets nothing
  Except for that shirt he wore the time he insulted George Bush.
  June 12, 2013 - Washington Post