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recipient Definition

re·cipi·ent (ri sipē ənt)

noun

a person or thing that receives

Etymology: < L recipiens, prp. of recipere: see receive

adjective

receiving, or ready or able to receive

recipient Related Forms

re·cipi·ence noun or re·cipi·ency

recipient Synonyms

recipient

modif.

on the receiving end, getting, taking; see receiving.

recipient Synonyms

recipient

n.

recipient Usage Examples

Possessives

mailbox: In the picture below, an agent carrying a mail message migrates first to a router and then to the recipient's mailbox.

Preposition: of

  • award: Martin is the first public sector recipient of the award for ten years.
  • transplant: Amplification of simian retroviral sequences from human recipients of baboon liver transplants.
  • fellowship: The fellowships shall not be restricted to graduates of the University, nor shall there be any age limit for recipients of the fellowships.
  • advisory: DHS encourages recipients of this advisory to report information concerning suspicious or criminal activity to law enforcement or a DHS watch office.

Converse of object

  • intend: I'd be interested to know how they track down the intended recipient for the message.
  • deceive: If e-mailers were forced to reveal their true identity it would be much harder for them to deceive the innocent recipient.
  • notify: We will also correct, amend or delete any Personal Data that is inaccurate and notify any third party recipients of the necessary changes.

Adjective modifier

  • intended: A message is sent by the originator to be picked up at some later time by its intended recipient.
  • passive: They are merely passive recipients of the shares or the money.
  • deserving: These decorations with brilliants and rubies were personally bestowed by the Emperor on deserving recipients at the Kaiser's own expense.
  • lucky: With a huge range of activities to choose from across the UK, the lucky recipient will be spoilt for choice.
  • worthy: You can nominate yourself or a colleague who you feel to be a worthy recipient!
  • deaf: Your sponsorship is covering all areas of his training, together with his future with our deaf recipient.

Noun used with modifier

  • ssi: In the presidential group we use thus ssi recipients.
  • transplant: An assessment of the matrix 96 direct beta counter for cytotoxic T lymphocyte precursor frequency analysis in human cardiac transplant recipients.
  • xenotransplant: That accounted for seven of the ten xenotransplant recipients.
  • welfare: More than 80,000 welfare recipients are forced to submit to examinations by the 15 doctors at HS Systems each year.
  • incapacity: Nearly one-fifth of the working age population in Glasgow, Manchester and Liverpool are on benefits as lone parents or incapacity benefit recipients.
  • kidney: Using two kits, the Abbot and Diagnostic Pasteur, in one study, p24 was detected transiently in 12/14 kidney recipients.