'Receive' definitions:

Definition of 'receive'

From: WordNet
verb
Get something; come into possession of; "receive payment"; "receive a gift"; "receive letters from the front" [syn: receive, have]
verb
Receive a specified treatment (abstract); "These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation"; "His movie received a good review"; "I got nothing but trouble for my good intentions" [syn: receive, get, find, obtain, incur]
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Register (perceptual input); "pick up a signal" [syn: pick up, receive]
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Go through (mental or physical states or experiences); "get an idea"; "experience vertigo"; "get nauseous"; "receive injuries"; "have a feeling" [syn: experience, receive, have, get]
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Express willingness to have in one's home or environs; "The community warmly received the refugees" [syn: receive, take in, invite]
verb
Accept as true or valid; "He received Christ"
verb
Bid welcome to; greet upon arrival [syn: welcome, receive] [ant: say farewell]
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Convert into sounds or pictures; "receive the incoming radio signals"
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Experience as a reaction; "My proposal met with much opposition" [syn: meet, encounter, receive]
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Have or give a reception; "The lady is receiving Sunday morning"
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Receive as a retribution or punishment; "He got 5 years in prison" [syn: get, receive]
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Partake of the Holy Eucharist sacrament
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Regard favorably or with disapproval; "Her new collection of poems was not well received"

Definition of 'Receive'

From: GCIDE
  • Receive \Re*ceive"\ (r[-e]*s[=e]v"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Received (r[-e]*s[=e]vd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Receiving.] [OF. receveir, recevoir, F. recevoir, fr. L. recipere; pref. re- re- + capere to take, seize. See Capable, Heave, and cf. Receipt, Reception, Recipe.]
  • 1. To take, as something that is offered, given, committed, sent, paid, or the like; to accept; as, to receive money offered in payment of a debt; to receive a gift, a message, or a letter. [1913 Webster]
  • Receyven all in gree that God us sent. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Hence: To gain the knowledge of; to take into the mind by assent to; to give admission to; to accept, as an opinion, notion, etc.; to embrace. [1913 Webster]
  • Our hearts receive your warnings. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • The idea of solidity we receive by our touch. --Locke. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To allow, as a custom, tradition, or the like; to give credence or acceptance to. [1913 Webster]
  • Many other things there be which they have received to hold, as the washing of cups, and pots. --Mark vii. 4. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. To give admittance to; to permit to enter, as into one's house, presence, company, and the like; as, to receive a lodger, visitor, ambassador, messenger, etc. [1913 Webster]
  • They kindled a fire, and received us every one. --Acts xxviii. 2. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. To admit; to take in; to hold; to contain; to have capacity for; to be able to take in. [1913 Webster]
  • The brazen altar that was before the Lord was too little to receive the burnt offerings. --1 Kings viii. 64. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. To be affected by something; to suffer; to be subjected to; as, to receive pleasure or pain; to receive a wound or a blow; to receive damage. [1913 Webster]
  • Against his will he can receive no harm. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 7. To take from a thief, as goods known to be stolen. [1913 Webster]
  • 8. (Lawn Tennis) To bat back (the ball) when served. [1913 Webster]
  • Receiving ship, one on board of which newly recruited sailors are received, and kept till drafted for service. [1913 Webster]
  • Syn: To accept; take; allow; hold; retain; admit.
  • Usage: Receive, Accept. To receive describes simply the act of taking. To accept denotes the taking with approval, or for the purposes for which a thing is offered. Thus, we receive a letter when it comes to hand; we receive news when it reaches us; we accept a present when it is offered; we accept an invitation to dine with a friend. [1913 Webster]
  • Who, if we knew What we receive, would either not accept Life offered, or soon beg to lay it down. --Milton. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Receive'

From: GCIDE
  • Receive \Re*ceive"\ (r[-e]*s[=e]v"), v. i.
  • 1. To receive visitors; to be at home to receive calls; as, she receives on Tuesdays. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Lawn Tennis) To return, or bat back, the ball when served; as, it is your turn to receive. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'receive'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Words containing 'Receive'