[ɹ_ɪ_s_ˈiː_v], [ɹɪsˈiːv], [ɹɪsˈiːv]
Definitions of receive
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experience as a reaction; " My proposal met with much opposition"
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of mental or physical states or experiences; " get an idea"; " experience vertigo"; " get nauseous"; " undergo a strange sensation"; " The chemical undergoes a sudden change"; " The fluid undergoes shear"; " receive injuries"; " have a feeling"
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receive a specified treatment ( abstract); " These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation"; " His movie received a good review"; " I got nothing but trouble for my good intentions"
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express willingness to have in one's home or environs; " The community warmly received the refugees"
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of perceptual input: receive a signal, receive news, receive a verdict, etc.
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convert into sounds or pictures, of incoming radio signals
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accept as true or valid; " He received Christ"
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bid welcome to; greet upon arrival
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partake of the Eucharist, in a Christian church
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receive as a retribution or punishment; " He got 5 years in prison"
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have or give a reception; " The lady is receiving Sunday morning"
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convert into sounds or pictures; " receive the incoming radio signals"
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regard favorably or with disapproval; " Her new collection of poems was not well received"
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partake of the Holy Eucharist sacrament
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recieve ( perceptual input); " pick up a signal"
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get something; come into possession of; " receive payment"; " receive a gift"; " receive letters from the front"
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To take, as something that is offered, given, committed, sent, paid, or the like; to accept; as, to receive money offered in payment of a debt; to receive a gift, a message, or a letter.
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Hence: To gain the knowledge of; to take into the mind by assent to; to give admission to; to accept, as an opinion, notion, etc.; to embrace.
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To allow, as a custom, tradition, or the like; to give credence or acceptance to.
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To give admittance to; to permit to enter, as into one's house, presence, company, and the like; as, to receive a lodger, visitor, ambassador, messenger, etc.
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To admit; to take in; to hold; to contain; to have capacity for; to be able to take in.
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To be affected by something; to suffer; to be subjected to; as, to receive pleasure or pain; to receive a wound or a blow; to receive damage.
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To take from a thief, as goods known to be stolen.
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To bat back ( the ball) when served.
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To receive visitors; to be at home to receive calls; as, she receives on Tuesdays.
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To return, or bat back, the ball when served; as, it is your turn to receive.
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To take or accept from another; to get knowledge of; as, to receive news; admit to one's company; entertain; as, to receive guests; to serve as a holder for; as, a channel to receive the overflow; to undergo; as, to receive a shock; to give lodging to, or to harbor; as, to receive stolen goods.
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To obtain or be presented with something; to take what is given or paid; to welcome guests.
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To take what is offered, etc.: to accept: to embrace with the mind: to assent to: to allow: to give acceptance to: to give admittance to: to welcome or entertain: to hold or contain: ( law) to take goods knowing them to be stolen: ( B.) to bear with, to believe in.
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Receivable.
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To get back; take; accept; admit.
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To get; take; accept; admit; hold.
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To take as offered, sent, gained, due, communicated, & c.; to accept; to obtain; to embrace; to allow; to admit; to welcome; to hold; to take stolen goods from a thief.
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To take or obtain from another in any manner; to accept; to take or obtain intellectually; to embrace; to admit; to welcome; to take in or on; in Scrip., to believe.
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Usage examples for receive
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He should not receive the letter until she was dead, that he might not think she had written it to save her life. – The Complete Historical Romances of Georg Ebers by Georg Ebers
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Up pretty betimes and to the office, where busy till office time, and then we sat, but nothing to do but receive clamours about money. – Diary of Samuel Pepys, Complete Transcribed From The Shorthand Manuscript In The Pepysian Library Magdalene College Cambridge By The Rev. Mynors Bright by Samuel Pepys Commentator: Lord Braybrooke
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I would not have you receive him because he is rich, but that fact is nothing against him. – A Forest Hearth: A Romance of Indiana in the Thirties by Charles Major
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Society will be as glad as ever to receive you. – Mortmain by Arthur Cheny Train
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If ever you receive this letter, find time to reply. – Anthony Lyveden by Dornford Yates
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I receive orders from none. – The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II by A.E. Nordenskieold
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He would receive her one day, and let her look in his face. – Alec Forbes of Howglen by George MacDonald
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For some did receive Him. – The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St. John, Vol. I by Marcus Dods
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Mar You know him better, or you ought to know him: He's born to give you fear, not to receive it. – The Works Of John Dryden, Vol. 7 (of 18) The Duke of Guise; Albion and Albanius; Don Sebastian by John Dryden
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It was evidently the answer Latour wished to receive and in a sense it was true. – The Light That Lures by Percy Brebner
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He wanted to see her, more than he had ever wanted to see anyone in his life, but he did not know how she would receive him now. – The Man from Jericho by Edwin Carlile Litsey
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Do you think that Miss Driver would wish to receive a call from me? – The Great Miss Driver by Anthony Hope
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I come not to give, but to receive – A Second Coming by Richard Marsh
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For instance, they might come in and ask cash from me and they would receive it. – Second Shetland Truck System Report by William Guthrie
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A day or two after, she wished to receive Our Lord once more. – The Memoirs of Louis XIV., Volume 13 And His Court and of The Regency by Duc de Saint-Simon
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But she did not in the least know how to stop him, or how to show him that she had intended to receive him simply as a man of business. – Miss Mackenzie by Anthony Trollope
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If we find Bones, you'll receive an extra twenty- five dollars. – Swamp Island by Mildred A. Wirt
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And I will be there and will receive the man. – Mr. Isaacs by F. Marion Crawford
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We are ready to receive her. – The Master Mummer by E. Phillips Oppenheim
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Pierre stood to receive this sentence, and after it, his eyes fell. – The Branding Iron by Katharine Newlin Burt