re|ceive

re|ceive
re|ceive «rih SEEV», verb, -ceived, -ceiv|ing.
–v.t.
1. to take (something offered or sent); take into one's hands or possession: »

to receive gifts.

2. to have (something) bestowed, conferred, or granted: »

to receive a name, to receive a degree.

3. to be given; get: »

to receive payment. The boy at camp received a letter from his mother.

4. to take in; support; bear; hold: »

The boat received a heavy load. A bowl receives the water from the faucet.

5. to take or let into the mind: »

to receive new ideas, to receive news, to receive an education.

6. to accept as true or valid: »

a theory widely received.

7. to experience; suffer; endure: »

to receive a blow, to receive punishment.

8. to let into one's house or society; accept: »

The people of the neighborhood were glad to receive the new family.

9. to meet (guests, visitors, or officials); greet upon arrival: »

Crowds gathered to receive the queen.

10. to admit to a place; give shelter to: »

to receive strangers.

11. to agree to listen to: »

to receive confession.

12. to admit to a state or condition: »

to receive a person into the church.

–v.i.
1. to be at home to friends and visitors: »

She receives on Tuesdays.

2. Radio, Television. to change electrical waves broadcast through the air into sound or picture signals: »

Our television receives well since we had a new antenna put on.

3. to take, accept, admit, or get something: »

Freely ye have received, freely give (Matthew 10:8). Everyone shall receive according to his deserts (Joseph Butler).

4. to take the sacrament of Holy Communion.
5. to return a served ball, as in tennis.
╂[< Old North French receivre, Old French reçoivre < Latin recipere < re- back + capere to take]
Synonym Study transitive verb. 1 Receive, accept mean to take what is given, offered, or delivered. Receive carries no suggestion of positive action or of activity of mid or will on the part of the receiver, and means nothing more than to take to oneself or take in what is given or given out: »

He received a prize.

Accept always suggests being willing to take what is offered, or giving one's consent: »

She received a gift from him, but did not accept it.


Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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