accept / agree (v.)AmE; BrE: /əkˈsept/ - /əˈgriː/Accept means to take something that someone offers you, or say yes to do something that someone asks you to do:• Rick accepted her offer of coffee.• He accepted the invitation to stay with us.• Please accept this small gift.• They offered me a job and I accepted.• After a three week strike, the company has finally accepted the workers' pay demands.• Do you accept travelers' checks here?• She succeeded in persuading the jury to accept her version of the events.Agree means to have or express the same opinion about something as someone else (≠ disagree):• Teenagers and their parents rarely agree.• If she felt he was right, she would agree with him.• We don't agree on everything, of course.• After a few minutes' discussion we had agreed a price and the car was mine.• I agree with you about the color -- it looks awful.• I think it's too expensive. Do you agree?Agree means to say yes to an idea, plan, suggestionetc (≠ refuse):• I suggested we go somewhere for the weekend and she agreed at once.• No one really knows why he agreed to do the film.
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