receive

Receive is defined as to take, accept, experience or welcome.

(verb)

  1. An example of receive is getting a letter in the mail.
  2. An example of receive is someone being given a gift.
  3. An example of receive is someone hearing bad news.
  4. An example of receive is someone greeting guests at their house.

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See receive in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb received, receiving

  1. to take or get (something given, offered, sent, etc.); acquire or accept
  2. to encounter; experience: to receive acclaim
  3. to have inflicted on one; undergo; suffer: to receive a blow
  4. to take the effect or force of; bear: all four wheels receive the weight equally
  5. to react to as specified: a performance that was well received
  6. to apprehend mentally; get knowledge of or information about; learn: to receive news
  7. to accept mentally as authentic, valid, etc.
    1. to let enter; admit
    2. to have room for; hold; contain: a cistern receives rainwater
  8. to grant admittance to or greet (visitors or guests)
  9. Radio, TV to detect (a radio or TV transmission) and convert it into sounds or images
  10. Sports to catch (a pass, throw, etc.)

Origin: ME receiven < Anglo-Fr receivre < OFr < L recipere < re-, back + capere, to take: see have

intransitive verb

  1. to get, accept, take, or acquire something; be a recipient
  2. to admit or greet guests or visitors
  3. Radio, TV to convert incoming electromagnetic waves into sound or light, thus reproducing the sounds or images being transmitted
  4. Sports
    1. to be the team set to return the ball on a kickoff
    2. to be the player or team that returns or attempts to return a serve

See receive in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb re·ceived, re·ceiv·ing, re·ceives
verb, transitive
  1. To take or acquire (something given, offered, or transmitted); get.
  2. To hear or see (information, for example): receive bad news; received a good report of the group's activities.
  3. To have (a title, for example) bestowed on oneself.
  4. To meet with; experience: receive sympathetic treatment.
  5. To have inflicted or imposed on oneself: receive a penalty.
  6. To bear the weight or force of; support: The beams receive the full weight of the walls and roof.
  7. To take or intercept the impact of (a blow, for example).
  8. To take in, hold, or contain: a tank that receives rainwater.
  9. To admit: receive new members.
  10. To greet or welcome: receive guests.
  11. To perceive or acquire mentally: receive a bad impression.
  12. To regard with approval or disapproval: essays that were received well.
  13. To listen to and acknowledge formally and authoritatively: The judge received their oath of allegiance.
verb, intransitive
  1. To acquire or get something; be a recipient.
  2. To admit or welcome guests or visitors: The couple are not receiving this winter.
  3. To partake of the Eucharist.
  4. Electronics To convert incoming electromagnetic waves into visible or audible signals.
  5. Football To catch or take possession of a kicked ball.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English receiven

Origin: , from Old North French receivre

Origin: , from Latin recipere

Origin: : re-, re-

Origin: + capere, to take; see kap- in Indo-European roots

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