'Received' definitions:
Definition of 'received'
From: WordNet
adjective
Conforming to the established language usage of educated native speakers; "standard English" (American); "received standard English is sometimes called the King's English" (British) [syn: standard, received] [ant: nonstandard]
adjective
Widely accepted as true or worthy; "a received moral idea"; "Received political wisdom says not; surveys show otherwise"- Economist
Definition of 'Received'
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]
Synonyms of 'received'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accepted,
- acclaimed,
- acknowledged,
- admired,
- admitted,
- advocated,
- affirmed,
- allowed,
- applauded,
- approved,
- authentic,
- authenticated,
- authoritative,
- avowed,
- backed,
- being done,
- believed,
- canonical,
- cathedral,
- certified,
- Christian,
- comme il faut,
- conceded,
- confessed,
- confirmed,
- conformable,
- consuetudinary,
- conventional,
- correct,
- countersigned,
- credited,
- cried up,
- current,
- customary,
- de rigueur,
- decent,
- decorous,
- endorsed,
- established,
- evangelical,
- everyday,
- ex cathedra,
- faithful,
- familiar,
- favored,
- favorite,
- firm,
- fixed,
- folk,
- formal,
- generally accepted,
- granted,
- hallowed,
- handed down,
- heroic,
- highly touted,
- hoary,
- immemorial,
- in good odor,
- inveterate,
- legendary,
- literal,
- long-established,
- long-standing,
- magisterial,
- meet,
- mythological,
- normal,
- notarized,
- obtaining,
- of long standing,
- of the faith,
- of the folk,
- official,
- oral,
- ordinary,
- orthodox,
- orthodoxical,
- popular,
- prescribed,
- prescriptive,
- prevalent,
- professed,
- proper,
- ratified,
- recognized,
- recommended,
- regular,
- regulation,
- right,
- rooted,
- sanctioned,
- scriptural,
- sealed,
- seemly,
- set,
- signed,
- sound,
- stamped,
- standard,
- stock,
- supported,
- sworn and affirmed,
- sworn to,
- textual,
- time-honored,
- traditional,
- traditionalistic,
- tried and true,
- true,
- true-blue,
- trusted,
- uncontested,
- understood,
- underwritten,
- undisputed,
- undoubted,
- unquestioned,
- unsuspected,
- unwritten,
- usual,
- validated,
- venerable,
- warranted,
- well-thought-of,
- widespread,
- wonted,
- worshipful
Words containing 'Received'
- Receivability,
- Receivable,
- Receivableness,
- Receive,
- Receiver,
- Receiving,
- receivables,
- Bills receivable,
- Exhausted receiver,
- Receiver's certificate,
- Receiving reservoir,
- Receiving ship,
- Value received,
- accounts receivable,
- heterodyne receiver,
- note receivable,
- pass receiver,
- radio receiver,
- received pronunciation,
- receiving note,
- receiving set,
- receiving system,
- satellite receiver,
- superheterodyne receiver,
- telephone receiver,
- television receiver,
- continuous receiver watch,
- earth-received time,
- receiver-creditor relation,
- The Mysticete or whalebone whales having no true teeth after birth but with a series of plates of whalebone see Baleen hanging down from the upper jaw on each side thus making a strainer through which they receive the small animals upon which they feed