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verb (used with object)
1.
to take into one's possession (something offered or delivered): to receive many gifts.
2.
to have (something) bestowed, conferred, etc.: to receive an honorary degree.
3.
to have delivered or brought to one: to receive a letter.
4.
to get or be informed of: to receive instructions; to receive news.
5.
EXPANDto be burdened with; sustain: to receive a heavy load.
6.
to hold, bear, or contain: The nut receives a bolt and a washer. The plaster receives the impression of the mold.
7.
to take into the mind; apprehend mentally: to receive an idea.
8.
to accept from another by hearing or listening: A priest received his confession.
9.
to meet with; experience: to receive attention.
10.
to suffer the injury of: He received a terrific blow on the forehead.
11.
to be at home to (visitors): They received their neighbors on Sunday.
12.
to greet or welcome (guests, visitors, etc.) upon arriving: They received us at the front door.
13.
to admit (a person) to a place: The butler received him and asked him to wait in the drawing room.
14.
to admit into an organization, membership, etc.: to receive someone into the group.
15.
to accept as authoritative, valid, true, or approved: a principle universally received.
16.
COLLAPSEto react to in the manner specified: to receive a proposal with contempt; She received the job offer with joy.
verb (used without object)
17.
to receive something.
18.
to receive visitors or guests.
19.
Radio. to convert incoming electromagnetic waves into the original signal.
20.
to receive the Eucharist: He receives every Sunday.
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Receives
is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English receven < Old North French receivre < Latin recipere, equivalent to re- re- + -cipere, combining form of capere to take
1250–1300; Middle English receven < Old North French receivre < Latin recipere, equivalent to re- re- + -cipere, combining form of capere to take
Related forms
in·ter·re·ceive, verb (used with object), -ceived, -ceiv·ing.
non·re·ceiv·ing, adjective
pre·re·ceive, verb (used with object), -ceived, -ceiv·ing.
un·re·ceiv·ing, adjective
Synonyms
11. admit, entertain, welcome.
11. admit, entertain, welcome.
Antonyms
1. give.
1. give.
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Word Origin & History
receive
c.1300, from O.N.Fr. receivre (O.Fr. recoivre), from L. recipere "regain, take back," from re- "back" + -cipere, comb. form of capere "to take" (see capable). Radio and television sense is attested from 1908. Receiver as a telephone apparatus is from 1877; in ref. to a radio
EXPANDunit it is recorded from 1891; in U.S. football sense it dates from 1897.
COLLAPSE
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