Accept and Make sure

Accept

Accept verb - To agree to receive whether willingly or reluctantly.

Make sure and accept are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Make sure" instead a verb "Accept".

Make sure

Make sure verb - Make a point of doing something; act purposefully and intentionally.

Accept and make sure are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Accept" instead a verb phrase "Make sure".

Both terms in one sentence

  • However, if the film is at least half over, I will accept said item from a dying comrade we've gotten to know well, if his dying wish is to "make sure this gets to my wife" or similar.
  • That Man Is Dead In The Beggar Queen, the main character, Theo, is asked by the revolutionary leader Florian to make sure that the capital city will accept him as a leader when he returns from a journey.
  • It only works once (except for the size change), but the flowers will accept Elixirs and return nothing, so make sure you remember which flowers you've hit up!
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