Accept
Accept verb - To agree to receive whether willingly or reluctantly.
Sign and accept are semantically related. in consenting topic. In some cases you can use "Sign" instead a verb "Accept".
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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The cashier replies, "Sorry, store policy" and points to a sign noting... that they don't accept bits of string.
Source: Can't You Read the Sign? -
The people who worship The Controller as a god take it as a sign that it has decided humanity must die and gladly accept their fate.
Source: Video Game / Armored Core - While in the original, Princess Pina and Hamilton were the main negotiators to sign the treaty with Japan and Italica, the fic has Myui instead formally accept the Allied forces' conditions and even hosted an audience and dinner with the JSDF and Marines.
Source: Fan Fic / Here We Go Again
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Sign and Accept. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/accept/sign
Accept & Sign. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/accept/sign>.
Sign or Accept. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/accept/sign.
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