Received definition
Having been accepted as true or worthy.
adjective
Accepted; considered as standard.
adjective
Generally accepted as correct or true.
adjective
(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.
adjective
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The definition of received is something that has been allowed or accepted.
An example of received is the opinion that the 9/11 attacks on the United States were a terrorist act being accepted as truth.
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