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recipient definition

re·cipi·ent (ri sip′ē ənt)

noun

a person or thing that receives

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

adjective

receiving, or ready or able to receive

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recipient Synonyms

recipient

modif.

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


recipient

n.

heir, object, legatee, winner; see beneficiary, receiver 1.


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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.

Converse of object

  • intend: I'd be interested to know how they track down the intended recipient for the message.

Adjective modifier

  • intended: A message is sent by the originator to be picked up at some later time by its intended recipient.

Noun used with modifier

  • ssi: In the presidential group we use thus ssi recipients.
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recipient quotes

The more abhorrent a news item the more comforting it was to be the recipient since the fact that it had happened elsewhere proved that it had not happened here, was not happening here, and would therefore never happen here.

-Fowles,John Robert

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