Receive

/ɹɪˈsiːv/ · verb

Meaning

(transitive) To be given, sent, or paid something..

Definitions by Sense

1. (transitive) To be given, sent, or paid something.
2. (transitive, dated) To take, as something that is offered; to accept.
3. (law) To take goods knowing them to be stolen.
4. (transitive) To act as a host for guests; to give admittance to; to permit to enter, as into one's house, presence, company, etc.
5. (transitive) To incur (an injury).
6. To allow (a custom, tradition, etc.); to give credence or acceptance to.
7. (telecommunications) To detect a signal from a transmitter.
8. (sports) To be in a position to take possession, or hit back the ball.

Example Sentences

He received many presents for his birthday.

Nothing was too small to receive attention, if a supervising eye could suggest improvements likely to conduce to the common welfare. Mr. Gordon Burnage, for instance, personally visited dust-bins and back premises, accompanied by a sort of village bailiff, going his round like a commanding officer doing billets.

In America alone, people spent $170 billion on "direct marketing"—junk mail of both the physical and electronic varieties—last year. Yet of those who received unsolicited adverts through the post, only 3% bought anything as a result.

He had the offer of employment, but he would not receive it.

Our hearts receiue your warnings.

The idea of solidity we receive by our touch.

[T]he braſen Altar that was before the Lord was too little to receiue the burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings.

And afterwards Thou [God] receivedst Seth and Enoch, and Enoch Thou translatedst; for Thou art the Creator of men, the Fountain of Life, the Supplier of Want, the Giver of Laws, the Rewarder of them that keep them, the Avenger of them that transgress them.

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