receive
Plural: receives
Verb
Verb Forms: received, receiving, receives
- To take into one's possession; to get or acquire.
- get something; come into possession of
- "receive payment"
- "receive a gift"
- "receive letters from the front"
- receive a specified treatment (abstract)
- "These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation"
- "His movie received a good review"
- register (perceptual input)
- go through (mental or physical states or experiences)
- "receive injuries"
- express willingness to have in one's home or environs
- "The community warmly received the refugees"
- accept as true or valid
- "He received Christ"
- bid welcome to; greet upon arrival
- convert into sounds or pictures
- "receive the incoming radio signals"
- experience as a reaction
- have or give a reception
- receive as a retribution or punishment
- partake of the Holy Eucharist sacrament
- regard favorably or with disapproval
- "Her new collection of poems was not well received"
- To be given, sent, or paid something.
- To take, as something that is offered; to accept.
- To take goods knowing them to be stolen.
- To act as a host for guests; to give admittance to; to permit to enter, as into one's house, presence, company, etc.
- To incur (an injury).
- To allow (a custom, tradition, etc.); to give credence or acceptance to.
- To detect a signal from a transmitter.
- To be in a position to take possession, or hit back the ball.
- To be in a position to hit back a service.
- To be in a position to take possession, or hit back the ball.
- To be in a position to catch a forward pass.
- To accept into the mind; to understand.
Noun
- An operation in which data is received.
Examples
- He had the offer of employment, but he would not receive it.
- He received many presents for his birthday.
- He was thrilled to receive a ’Q’ and a blank tile in the same draw.
- I received a bloody nose from the collision.
- to receive a lodger, visitor, ambassador, messenger, etc.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English receiven, from Old French receivre, from Latin recipere (“take back, accept, etc.”), from re- (“back”) + capiō (“to take”); see capacious. Compare conceive, deceive, perceive. Displaced native Middle English terms in -fon/-fangen (e.g. afon, anfon, afangen, underfangen, etc. "to receive" from Old English -fōn), native Middle English thiggen (“to receive”) (from Old English þiċġan), and non-native Middle English aquilen, enquilen (“to receive”) (from Old French aquillir, encueillir).
Synonyms
encounter, experience, find, get, have, incur, invite, meet, obtain, pick up, take in, welcome, accept, acquire, attain, come by, cop, enlist, fang, gain, garner, get hold of, get one's hands on, land, lay hands on, lay hold of, procure, receive, score, secure, snag, take, win
Scrabble Score: 12
receive: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordreceive: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
receive: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary