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receiving

[ri-seev]

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verb (used with object)

to take into one's possession (something offered or delivered): to receive many gifts.

to have (something) bestowed, conferred, etc.: to receive an honorary degree.

to have delivered or brought to one: to receive a letter.

to get or be informed of: to receive instructions; to receive news.

to be burdened with; sustain: to receive a heavy load.

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to hold, bear, or contain: The nut receives a bolt and a washer. The plaster receives the impression of the mold.

to take into the mind; apprehend mentally: to receive an idea.

to accept from another by hearing or listening: A priest received his confession.

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.

to react to in the manner specified: to receive a proposal with contempt; She received the job offer with joy.

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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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Origin:
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.

Antonyms
1. give.

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Example Sentences

Y, as the site of a military receiving hospital from which.

The receiving school gets to determine which, if any, credits transfer.

Migration also raises the return to capital, hence profits, in the receiving country.

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Y, as the site of a military receiving hospital from which.

The receiving school gets to determine which, if any, credits transfer.

Migration also raises the return to capital, hence profits, in the receiving country.

Do you know what to do if are on the receiving end of a.

The reason: the bureau has virtually stopped receiving reports of flying saucers.

He traveled the nation, receiving medals and gifts wherever he went.

In hot climates, give them a location receiving afternoon shade.

Atrazine is receiving lots of attention for turning male frogs into girls, but that's not all the common herbicide can do.

They seem to fear the feelings of tenderness that are awakened by receiving a thoughtful gift.

But the groups have been tainted with some scandals because their approval is a requirement for receiving federal student aid.

Opening the bottle at arm's length would be enough to protect the killer from receiving a deadly dose.

Before receiving an application form, each team leader must submit a pre-application form online.

Not all of the received power is transferred to the receiving apparatus and the remainder is mainly emitted back into space.

All of them told their stories in the hope of receiving a hand.

Various blogs claim receiving tips from informed sources.

Yauch announcing that he would be receiving treatment for cancer and.

They found that the less able a student was to pay for college, the lower the student's chances of receiving a merit scholarship.

Companies on the receiving end made reciprocal inquiries, which led to a bit more clarity.

Before receiving an application form, each project director must submit a pre-application form online.

Each signal cancels out part of the other at the receiving antenna.

If you have an e-mail, i would appreciate receiving that info.

He is the first researcher to be permanently barred from ever receiving federal research grants again.

Politicians will have you believe that receiving health care is the same as a commercial transaction.

Many veterans receiving benefits over the past year complained that their aid was delayed.

Increasingly, online content is receiving the same treatment-with promising results.

After receiving an application, the project director must complete and submit their application online.

After receiving a transplant of ovarian cancer cells, mice were restrained to cause stress.

The story appears to be simply that it comes from the overjoyed exclamations of children upon receiving the treat.

The police confirmed receiving the complaint, but won't comment on the investigation.

Fisher, dismissed six felony counts of receiving rewards for official misconduct.

If you are interested in receiving a brief summary of this study, please feel free to contact me via e-mail:.

At the centre of each cell is a base station containing the antennae for transmitting and receiving signals and the switching.

Before receiving an application form, the team leader must submit a pre-application form online.

The brain is constantly receiving signals from the body, registering what is going on inside of us.

The occasion for our visit came on the heels of recent evidences that the building was at last receiving its due.

Step one to broadening anyone's nanogastronomical horizons is to put them at the receiving end of some culinary wizardry.

Executives would also be prohibited from receiving any bonuses above their base pay, except for normal stock dividends.

Federal law prohibits donors from receiving money for an organ, a policy that also holds in many other parts of the world.

Most pit domestic firms against each other, but in recent years foreigners have found themselves on the receiving end too.

The desert floor is also receiving its share of nitrogen pollution, according to environmental experts.

Others claim such a fee would prevent a large part of the population from receiving nets.

Both were charged with retail theft and receiving stolen property and, of course, they missed their own party.

Efficient shipping and receiving is so complicated, in fact, that it has spawned the.

The pact invokes the concept of circular migration to argue that immigration can benefit both sending and receiving countries.

African art, history, and culture are finally receiving serious attention.

The value of the process must be evaluated by people not receiving large amounts of research money for carbon capture.

We have tried to reveal our beliefs that some pterosaurs are still living, at the expense of receiving ridicule for years.

Sending and receiving messages covertly and quietly in a battle zone can be tough.

Those leave one party to the contract with the risk of receiving future dividend payments-a risk that begs hedging.

Children receiving less parental support placed a higher importance on attaining money and popularity.

Receiving training in stress management will make us better at handling the ups and downs of daily life.

Within four months of the quake those who had lost their homes were under shelter, receiving food and chlorinated water.

Gender inequality also prevents many women and girls from receiving health care.

For total starvation in healthy individuals receiving adequate hydration, reliable data on survival are hard to obtain.

At the moment, one official body responsible for vetting these new buildings is receiving two or three applications every month.

For example, a communications satellite has large antennae for receiving and sending signals.

The car's receiving coil still needs to be fairly close to the charger's emitting coil.

But the episode has no doubt bruised pride at a company used to receiving acclaim in the press and online.

The film is about something really significant that occurred in my life, and that's receiving the facial moko.

In neither of the double-blind studies did patients receiving the experimental drug live longer than patients receiving placebo.

But many also know that they are not receiving much of it.

The brain is constantly sending and receiving information.

Other parts near the equator may be receiving more heat from the warmer air above.

The money should be rolled out in the next few months, and cities and states receiving it have been urged to spend it quickly.

Open the energy efficient curtains during the day if the window is receiving sunlight.

During the first round, they didn¿t know whether they were receiving a placebo or an active drug.

But the thefts have an insidious knock-on effect, in that anyone in the market might now feel at risk of receiving stolen goods.

The cost and logistics of shipping, receiving and distributing bulk water are formidable.

Project organizers have been receiving a number of queries from people wondering how they can get involved in this initiative.

Cubans fill the gap by trading on the black market, receiving foreign remittances or stealing from state firms.

In a way it makes the customer feel good that for the money they're paying, they're receiving something special.

The percentage of the population receiving vaccinations will grow.

Boeing receiving state subsidies is a fact that has been known for years if not decades.

The financial gains from receiving tourists in turn helps protect their forest homeland and their cultural integrity.

Those receiving combination treatment followed the same exercise routine.

Many old people with disabilities will stop receiving home visits from carers.

Fear of receiving a placebo is one such misconception.

It went on to become a specialist school, receiving extra money.

The energy density would be able to support cattle ranching on the land over the receiving antenna.

Then they examined how test subjects receiving placebos fared in comparison to groups that had received no treatment.

After receiving an injection of neural stem cells from young mice, however, they performed as well as healthy mice did.

The are receiving back a softer return signal because of the movement of the blade.

Receiving such a diagnosis is truly horrifying and everyone has their own ways of dealing with.

The other tokens were of a different color that resulted in both chimpanzees receiving a food reward.

But in all studies to date, the patients believed they were receiving a real drug.

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Etymonline

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

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unit it is recorded from 1891; in U.S. football sense it dates from 1897.

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Idioms & Phrases

receiving

see on the receiving end.

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