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recipient - 8 dictionary results

re⋅cip⋅i⋅ent

[ri-sip-ee-uhnt]
–noun
1. a person or thing that receives; receiver: the recipient of a prize.
–adjective
2. receiving or capable of receiving.

Origin:
1550–60; < L recipient- (s. of recipiēns), prp. of recipere to receive; see -ent
re·cip·i·ent   (rĭ-sĭp'ē-ənt)   
adj.  Functioning as a receiver; receptive.
n.  
  1. One that receives or is receptive.
  2. One who receives blood, tissue, or an organ from a donor.

[Latin recipiēns, recipient-, present participle of recipere, to receive; see receive.]

Recipient

Re*cip"i*ent\, n. [L. recipiens, -entis, receiving, p. pr. of recipere to receive: cf. F. r['e]cipient. See Receive.] A receiver; the person or thing that receives; one to whom, or that to which, anything is given or communicated; specifically, the receiver of a still.

Recipient

Re*cip"i*ent\, a. Receiving; receptive.
Language Translation for : recipient
Spanish: destinatario,
German: der, *die Empfänger(in),
Japanese: 受取人

recipient 
1558, from M.Fr. récipient (16c.), from L. recipientem (nom. recipiens), prp. of recipere (see receive).

Main Entry: re·cip·i·ent
Pronunciation: ri-'sip-E-&nt
Function: noun
: an individual who receives biological material (as blood oran organ) from a donor

recipient re·cip·i·ent (rĭ-sĭp'ē-ənt)
adj.
Functioning as a receiver; receptive. n.
One who receives blood, tissue, or an organ from a donor.

recipient communications
One who receives; receiver. E.g. "No recipient of the e-mail message will know about the other addressees who were listed in the BCC header."
(2000-03-22)

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