receive
- 1) verb, to take (something offered) into one's hand or possession
- 2) verb, to have (an honour, blessing, etc) bestowed
- 3) verb, to accept delivery or transmission of (a letter, telephone call, etc)
- 4) verb, to be informed of (news or information)
- 5) verb, to hear and consent to or acknowledge (an oath, confession, etc)
- 6) verb, (of a vessel or container) to take or hold (a substance, commodity, or certain amount)
- 7) verb, to support or sustain (the weight of something); bear
- 8) verb, to apprehend or perceive (ideas, etc)
- 9) verb, to experience, undergo, or meet with
- 10) verb, to be at home to (visitors)
- 11) verb, to greet or welcome (visitors or guests), esp in formal style
- 12) verb, to admit (a person) to a place, society, condition, etc
- 13) verb, to accept or acknowledge (a precept or principle) as true or valid
- 14) verb, to convert (incoming radio signals) into sounds, pictures, etc, by means of a receiver
- 15) verb, tennis to play at the other end from the server; be required to return (service)
- 16) verb, to partake of (the Christian Eucharist)
- 17) verb, to buy and sell stolen goods
Etymology
C13: from Old French receivre, from Latin recipere to take back, from re- + capere to take
Collins English Electronic Dictionary - Digital Edition: 2008 © HarperCollins Publishers 2008
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get, accept, collect, obtain, acquire, take, derive, experience, suffer, bear, go through, encounter, sustain, undergo, greet, meet, admit, welcome, entertain, take in, accommodate