receive


Meanings

  • 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"
  • RECEIVE v -CEIVED, -CEIVING, -CEIVES to come into possession of


Scrabble Score: 12

receive is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word

receive is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary

receive is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary


Words With Friends Score: 14

receive is a valid Words With Friends word