receive

receive
[[t]rɪsi͟ːv[/t]]
♦
receives, receiving, received
1) VERB When you receive something, you get it after someone gives it to you or sends it to you.

[V n] They will receive their awards at a ceremony in Stockholm...

[V n] I received your letter of November 7.

Syn:
2) VERB You can use receive to say that certain kinds of thing happen to someone. For example if they are injured, you can say that they received an injury.

[V n] He received more of the blame than anyone when the plan failed to work...

[V n] She was suffering from whiplash injuries received in a car crash.

3) VERB When you receive a visitor or a guest, you greet them.

[V n] The following evening the duchess was again receiving guests...

[V n] The shop assistant received me indifferently while leaning on a counter.

4) VERB: usu passive If you say that something is received in a particular way, you mean that people react to it in that way.

[be V-ed prep/adv] The resolution had been received with great disappointment within the PLO...

[be V-ed with adv] The proposals have been well received by many deputies.

5) VERB When a radio or television receives signals that are being transmitted, it picks them up and converts them into sound or pictures.

[V n] The reception was a little faint but clear enough for him to receive the signal. [Also V]

6) VERB If someone receives stolen goods, they buy or are given things that have been stolen [mainly BRIT, LEGAL]

[V n] He went to prison for receiving stolen scrap iron...

[V n] He received the shoes when stolen, and then passed them on to the men who would sell them.

Syn:
(in AM, use handle)
7) PHRASE If you are on the receiving end or at the receiving end of something unpleasant, you are the person that it happens to.

You saw hate in their eyes and you were on the receiving end of that hate...

Bullying can indeed be distressing and frightening for those at the receiving end.


English dictionary. 2008.

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  • Receive — Re*ceive (r[ e]*s[=e]v ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Received} (r[ e]*s[=e]vd ); p. pr. & vb. n. {Receiving}.] [OF. receveir, recevoir, F. recevoir, fr. L. recipere; pref. re re + capere to take, seize. See {Capable}, {Heave}, and cf. {Receipt},… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • receive — receive, accept, admit, take can all mean to permit to come into one s possession, presence, group, mind, or substance. They are seldom interchangeable except within a narrow range and, even then, rarely without modification of the thought… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • receive — [ri sēv′] vt. received, receiving [ME receiven < Anglo Fr receivre < OFr < L recipere < re , back + capere, to take: see HAVE] 1. to take or get (something given, offered, sent, etc.); acquire or accept 2. to encounter; experience [to …   English World dictionary

  • receive — I (acquire) verb accept, accipere, assume, be given, capere, catch, collect, come by, derive, draw, earn, gain, gather, get, inherit, make, obtain, pick up, pocket, procure, realize, reap, secure, seize, take, take in, take possession, win… …   Law dictionary

  • Receive — Re*ceive (r[ e]*s[=e]v ), v. i. 1. To receive visitors; to be at home to receive calls; as, she receives on Tuesdays. [1913 Webster] 2. (Lawn Tennis) To return, or bat back, the ball when served; as, it is your turn to receive. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • receive — [v1] accept delivery of something accept, acquire, admit, apprehend, appropriate, arrogate, assume, be given, be informed, be in receipt of, be told, catch, collect, come by, come into, cop*, corral*, derive, draw, earn, gain, gather, get, get… …   New thesaurus

  • receive —   [engl.], empfangen …   Universal-Lexikon

  • receive — (v.) c.1300, from O.N.Fr. receivre (O.Fr. recoivre), from L. recipere regain, take back, from re back (see RE (Cf. re )) + cipere, comb. form of capere to take (see CAPABLE (Cf. capable)). Radio and (later) television sense is attested from 19 …   Etymology dictionary

  • receive — is a key word supporting the rule of spelling ‘i before e except after c’. See i before e …   Modern English usage

  • receive — ► VERB 1) be given, presented with, or paid. 2) accept or take delivery of. 3) chiefly Brit. buy or accept (goods known to be stolen). 4) form (an idea or impression) from an experience. 5) detect or pick up (broadcast signals). 6) (in tennis and …   English terms dictionary

  • receive — re|ceive W1S1 [rıˈsi:v] v [T] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(be given something)¦ 2¦(be sent something)¦ 3¦(treatment)¦ 4¦(reaction to something)¦ 5 be on/at the receiving end (of something) 6 receive an injury/blow 7¦(people)¦ 8¦(by radio)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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