What does received mean?

Definitions for received
rɪˈsivdre·ceived

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. standard, receivedadjective

    conforming to the established language usage of educated native speakers

    "standard English" (American); "received standard English is sometimes called the King's English" (British)

  2. receivedadjective

    widely accepted as true or worthy

    "a received moral idea"; "Received political wisdom says not; surveys show otherwise"- Economist

Wiktionary

  1. receivedadjective

    Generally accepted as correct or true

  2. receivedadjective

    (by implication) Unchallenged axioms

    The recent revelation that East Anglia University's Climate Research Unit actively suppressed research findings contrary to the "received wisdom" of Global Warming, has severely damaged the credibility of the UN's IPCC predictions, which relied heavily on this institution's research findings.uE000146897uE001

ChatGPT

  1. received

    Received generally refers to the act of getting or accepting something that has been sent or given to you. It can relate to various items or ideas like a letter, a package, a message, an award, or even an idea or opinion that is understood or accepted.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Received

    of Receive

Editors Contribution

  1. receivedverb

    Verb form of the word receive.

    They received their wedding documents they needed to sign for their wedding day.


    Submitted by MaryC on March 8, 2020  

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  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'received' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #743

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'received' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1469

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of received in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of received in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of received in a Sentence

  1. Karin McDonald:

    We received quotes for solar for the business and house and were not looking at anything less than half a million rand ($29,500) which is a major life decision to make.

  2. Paramedic Kenneth Phillips:

    We received a report from the first responder that officer Kerrick had been assaulted, i didn't ask him if he was assaulted with a fist or with a weapon or anything like that. I think that our attention was drawn to him just to make sure that he did not have a life-threatening emergency at the time.

  3. Mesoblast Chief Executive Silviu Itescu:

    The operational support we received from Teva Pharmaceutical Industries has been excellent.

  4. Rear Admiral John Kirby:

    Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel believes that the risk has been substantially mitigated through the assurances that we received through the Emir of Qatar, i would remind you that these are assurances that the emir personally gave to the President of the United States. I'm not going to go into every detail on these assurances, but -- but the secretary is comfortable that the risk is mitigated through these assurances.

  5. Tucker Carlson:

    Peter Daszak is one of several virologists who received taxpayer dollars from Tony Fauci, and the NIH, to conduct dangerous and reckless experiments at the Wuhan Institute of Virology.

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