Received Definition

rĭ-sēvd
adjective
Accepted; considered as standard.
Webster's New World

(by implication) Unchallenged axioms.

"The old saying goes that we should not judge a man until we have walked a mile in his shoes. As with so much received wisdom - from judging books by their covers to the relative exchange rate for birds in hands and bushes - this is of course rubbish." Robin Wilkinson. Western Mail, Oct 30 2012.
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verb

Simple past tense and past participle of receive.

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Received Sentence Examples

  • A cold pillow received her hand.

  • That evening he received a call in his office.

  • I received a post card from Jeff—from Norfolk.

  • I received another paper and a table of signs by return mail, and I set to work to learn the notation.

  • Among the dogs which received the most attention were the bulldogs.

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Words Starting With

RREREC

Words Ending With

DEDVED

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