Admit, as a college applicant

verb

1. To receive (something offered) willingly

   "accept a gift"

2. To be able or designed to take or hold (something applied or added)

   "a surface that will not accept ink"

3. To give admittance or approval to

   "accept her as one of the group"

4. To endure without protest or reaction

   "accept poor living conditions"

5. To regard as proper, normal, or inevitable

   "an idea that is widely accepted"

6. To recognize as true believe

   "refused to accept the explanation"

7. To make a favorable response to

   "accept an offer"

8. To agree to undertake (a responsibility)

   "accept a job"

9. To assume an obligation to pay
10. To receive (a legislative report) officially
11. To receive favorably something offered

idiom

1. To agree to publish (something) and make it available to the public

   "My novel has been accepted for publication."

idiom

1. To consider (something) to be true

   "He was unwilling to accept that he could no longer play as he once had."

idiom

1. To admit that (something is so)

   "He has to accept the fact that his baseball career is over."

idiom

1. To believe (something) to be true

   "These myths are accepted/taken as gospel by many teenagers."

idiom

1. To accept (something) as true without proof or evidence that it is true

   "I'm not willing to take her statements on faith."