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US
/ɹəˈsivɝ, ɹiˈsivɝ, ɹɪˈsivɝ/
]
[ UK /ɹɪsˈiːvɐ/ ]
[ UK /ɹɪsˈiːvɐ/ ]
NOUN
- the tennis player who receives the serve
- a football player who catches (or is supposed to catch) a forward pass
- set that receives radio or tv signals
- (law) a person (usually appointed by a court of law) who liquidates assets or preserves them for the benefit of affected parties
- a person who receives something
- earphone that converts electrical signals into sounds
How To Use receiver In A Sentence
- All he could do was try different arrangements of transmitter and receiver. SIGNOR MARCONI'S MAGIC BOX: The invention that sparked the radio revolution
- She took up the receiver and began to dial the number.
- These electrical signals send electrical impulses across the skin to an implanted receiver/stimulator in the shoulder to the electrode leads in the arm and hand.
- The powers of the administrative receiver are extensive and he will have complete control over the management of the company.
- A picket was organised last week after receivers Robson Rhodes refused to withdraw redundancy notices issued to 67 staff.
- Manufactories are now making more and more civilian GPS receivers.
- Why the company didn't drill and tap the new model for both standard receiver and tang sights, defeats me.
- Sebastian explains that the company is working to rebroadcast its signal terrestrially, so that it can be received by less expensive mobile receivers.
- He also may be the most versatile player - he lines up as a fullback, a receiver or a wing.
- LSU blitzed from a couple different places, forcing Jason to throw it early, but he did a great job concentrating and hitting the receiver he wanted to. USATODAY.com
