Word Information

Receive

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Definitions for Receive

verb
get something
Synonyms
have
Examples
  1. come into possession of
  2. receive payment
  3. receive a gift
  4. receive letters from the front
verb
receive a specified treatment (abstract)
Synonyms
get find obtain incur
Examples
  1. These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation
  2. His movie received a good review
  3. I got nothing but trouble for my good intentions
verb
register (perceptual input)
Synonyms
pick up
Examples
  1. pick up a signal
verb
go through (mental or physical states or experiences)
Synonyms
experience have get
Examples
  1. get an idea
  2. experience vertigo
  3. get nauseous
  4. receive injuries
  5. have a feeling
verb
express willingness to have in one's home or environs
Synonyms
take in invite
Examples
  1. The community warmly received the refugees
verb
accept as true or valid
Examples
  1. He received Christ
verb
bid welcome to
Synonyms
welcome
Examples
  1. greet upon arrival
verb
convert into sounds or pictures
Examples
  1. receive the incoming radio signals
verb
experience as a reaction
Synonyms
meet encounter
Examples
  1. My proposal met with much opposition
verb
have or give a reception
Examples
  1. The lady is receiving Sunday morning
verb
receive as a retribution or punishment
Synonyms
get
Examples
  1. He got 5 years in prison
verb
partake of the Holy Eucharist sacrament
verb
regard favorably or with disapproval
Examples
  1. Her new collection of poems was not well received

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