[
US
/ɹəˈsiv, ɹiˈsiv, ɹɪˈsiv/
]
[ UK /ɹɪsˈiːv/ ]
[ UK /ɹɪsˈiːv/ ]
VERB
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experience as a reaction
My proposal met with much opposition -
convert into sounds or pictures
receive the incoming radio signals -
express willingness to have in one's home or environs
The community warmly received the refugees -
accept as true or valid
He received Christ - partake of the Holy Eucharist sacrament
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have or give a reception
The lady is receiving Sunday morning -
register (perceptual input)
pick up a signal -
get something; come into possession of
receive payment
receive letters from the front
receive a gift -
receive a specified treatment (abstract)
I got nothing but trouble for my good intentions
These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation
His movie received a good review -
receive as a retribution or punishment
He got 5 years in prison - bid welcome to; greet upon arrival
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regard favorably or with disapproval
Her new collection of poems was not well received -
go through (mental or physical states or experiences)
experience vertigo
get nauseous
have a feeling
receive injuries
get an idea
How To Use receive In A Sentence
- Unless the radar signal is normal to some surface (extremely low probability) the radar receives no return.
- He moved to Paris in 1767, and after a couple of years had become so popular that he received regular commissions to write two or three operas a year for various theatres.
- Paraguay tea, which they call matte, as I mentioned before, is always drunk twice a day: this is brought upon a large silver salver, with four legs raised upon it, to receive a little cup made out of a small calabash or gourd, and tipped with silver. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 17 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time
- Entry forms for the forthcoming Community Games should have been received by now.
- He has received several teaching awards, as well as the unprecedented award of being ‘the most quotable professor’ by MathSoc.
- He had just received my check and was apoplectic with rage, declaring he never wanted to see or have anything to do with ‘that woman’ - meaning me - again.
- There are some fantastic pubs and inns nearby but you should take advantage of the welcome pack you receive on arrival. The Sun
- All he could do was try different arrangements of transmitter and receiver. SIGNOR MARCONI'S MAGIC BOX: The invention that sparked the radio revolution
- Many freshmen have to take remedial English classes for which they receive no credit.
- Mediterranean to look out for a French and Spanish squadron, which had been on the coast of Portugal, but returned to Ferrol --- I received all your letters by the Turkish corvette, which is arrived at Messina. The Life of the Right Honourable Horatio Lord Viscount Nelson, Volume 2