Definitions of receive [ɪˈsiv]

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Definition of 'receive'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) receive
to take into one's possession (something offered or delivered):
to receive gifts.

2.  receive
to have (something) bestowed, conferred, etc.:
received an honorary degree.

3.  receive
to have delivered or brought to one:
to receive a letter.

4.  receive
to get or be informed of:
received news of the baby's birth.

5.  receive
to be burdened with; sustain:
to receive a heavy load.

6.  receive
to hold, bear, or contain:
The socket receives the plug.

7.  receive
to take into the mind; apprehend mentally:
to receive an idea.

8.  receive
to accept from another, as by hearing:
A priest received his confession.

9.  receive
to meet with; experience:
receives no attention.

10.  receive
to suffer the injury of:
receiving a sharp blow on the forehead.

11.  receive
to be at home to (visitors).

12.  receive
to greet or welcome (guests, visitors, etc.).

13.  receive
to admit (a person) to a place:
The butler received him into the hall.

14.  receive
to admit into an organization, membership, etc.

15.  receive
to accept as true, valid, or approved.

16.  receive
to react to in the manner specified:
to receive a proposal with joy.

17. (v.i.) receive
to take, get, accept, or meet with something.

18.  receive
to meet with or greet visitors or guests.

19.  receive
Radio. to convert incoming electromagnetic waves into the original signal.

20.  receive
to take the Eucharist:
He receives every Sunday.

Etymology: (1250–1300; ME receven < ONF receivre < L recipere,=re-re - +capere to take)

Definition of 'receive'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) receive, have
get something; come into possession of
"receive payment"; "receive a gift"; "receive letters from the front"

2. (verb) receive, get, find, obtain, incur
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"

3. (verb) pick up, receive
register (perceptual input)
"pick up a signal"

4. (verb) experience, receive, have, get
go through (mental or physical states or experiences)
"get an idea"; "experience vertigo"; "get nauseous"; "receive injuries"; "have a feeling"

5. (verb) receive, take in, invite
express willingness to have in one's home or environs
"The community warmly received the refugees"

6. (verb) receive
accept as true or valid
"He received Christ"

7. (verb) welcome, receive
bid welcome to; greet upon arrival

8. (verb) receive
convert into sounds or pictures
"receive the incoming radio signals"

9. (verb) meet, encounter, receive
experience as a reaction
"My proposal met with much opposition"

10. (verb) receive
have or give a reception
"The lady is receiving Sunday morning"

11. (verb) get, receive
receive as a retribution or punishment
"He got 5 years in prison"

12. (verb) receive
partake of the Holy Eucharist sacrament

13. (verb) receive
regard favorably or with disapproval
"Her new collection of poems was not well received"

Definition of 'receive'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) receive
to be given sth; = get
She received some beautiful gifts.; to receive a phone call

2.  receive
to be treated in a particular way
You will receive the best care possible.; The movie received little attention.

3.  receive
≠ send
The phone wasn't sending or receiving text messages.

4.  receive
to suffer an injury
She received multiple injuries to the head.

5.  receive
to have a guest in your home, workplace, etc. on a formal visit
The president was received by the queen.

6.  receive
on the receiving end of
getting a particular type of treatment, especially bad treatment
women who are on the receiving end of violence at home

Definition of 'receive'

Webster Dictionary

1. (verb) receive
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

2. (verb) receive
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

3. (verb) receive
to allow, as a custom, tradition, or the like; to give credence or acceptance to

4. (verb) receive
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

5. (verb) receive
to admit; to take in; to hold; to contain; to have capacity for; to be able to take in

6. (verb) receive
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

7. (verb) receive
to take from a thief, as goods known to be stolen

8. (verb) receive
to bat back (the ball) when served

9. (verb) receive
to receive visitors; to be at home to receive calls; as, she receives on Tuesdays

10. (verb) receive
to return, or bat back, the ball when served; as, it is your turn to receive

Translation of 'receive'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to get or be given He received a letter; They received a good education.
Afrikaans: ontvang	Arabic: يَسْتَلِم	Bulgarian: получавам
Brazilian: receber	Czech: dostat	German: erhalten
Danish: få; modtage	Greek: παίρνω, λαμβάνω	Spanish: recibir
Estonian: saama	Farsi: دریافت کردن؛	Finnish: saada
French: recevoir	Hebrew: לְקַבֵּל	Hindi: लेना
Croatian: primiti, dobiti	Hungarian: (meg)kap	Indonesian: menerima
Icelandic: takaá móti, fá í hendur	Italian: ricevere	Japanese: 受取る
Korean: 받다	Lithuanian: gauti	Latvian: saņemt; iegūt
Malay: menerima	Dutch: ontvangen	Norwegian: motta, få
Polish: otrzymać	Persian: دریافت کردن؛	Pashto: اخيستل، نيول، منل، رسول،
Portuguese: receber	Romanian: a primi	Russian: получать
Slovak: dostať	Slovenian: prejeti	Serbian: primiti
Swedish: erhålla, få	Thai: รับ	Turkish: almak
Taiwanese: 收到, 得到	Ukrainian: одержувати, отримувати	Urdu: وصول کرنا
Vietnamese: nhận được	Chinese: （收到，（得，受）到
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