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Definitions for recipient
rɪˈsɪp i əntre·cip·i·ent
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Princeton's WordNet
recipient, receivernoun
a person who receives something
recipient role, recipientnoun
the semantic role of the animate entity that is passively involved in the happening denoted by the verb in the clause
Wiktionary
recipientnoun
One who receives, such as one who receives money or goods.
Etymology: From stem of recipiens, present participle of recipio
recipientnoun
An individual receiving donor organs or tissues.
Etymology: From stem of recipiens, present participle of recipio
recipientnoun
The portion of an alembic or other still in which the distilled liquid is collected.
Etymology: From stem of recipiens, present participle of recipio
Webster Dictionary
Recipientnoun
a receiver; the person or thing that receives; one to whom, or that to which, anything is given or communicated; specifically, the receiver of a still
Etymology: [L. recipiens, -entis, receiving, p. pr. of recipere to receive: cf. F. rcipient. See Receive.]
Recipientadjective
receiving; receptive
Etymology: [L. recipiens, -entis, receiving, p. pr. of recipere to receive: cf. F. rcipient. See Receive.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Recipient
rē-sip′i-ent, adj. receiving.—n. one who receives, that which receives.—ns. Recip′ience, Recip′iency, a receiving: receptiveness. [L. recipiens, -entis, pr.p. of recipĕre, to receive.]
Editors Contribution
recipient
A person, group or organization that receives.
The recipient did enjoy the award ceremony.
Submitted by MaryC on March 14, 2020
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Rank popularity for the word 'recipient' in Nouns Frequency: #2786
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of recipient in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of recipient in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of recipient in a Sentence
Certainly, itsnot permissible to use an LLC or any other kind of LLC or any other kind of intermediary to conceal the recipient or purpose of a PACs spending, the law requires the PACto report who it disperses money to. You canttry to evade that by routing it through an LLC or corporation or anyone else.
This is a process that has become overly politicized and while this administration has at least gone to greater lengths to recognize courage in Afghanistan, we still don't have a single living recipient from Iraq, and it's definitely not because they don't exist.
Japan's support for new coal-fired power plants not only destroys the climate it also displaces communities, is likely to cause untold local environmental damage, and primarily benefits Japanese companies instead of recipient countries, this is unacceptable on its own, and the fact that it is being done in the name of 'climate finance' makes a farce of the entire concept.
The fact that Dr. Lantieri was able to perform a second face transplantation on this recipient is the first case of its kind for the face transplant field, some patients have to have a second kidney, some patients have to have a second heart transplant or a second liver, so in terms of retransplanting or transplanting again in a patient with a solid organ is not new.
Service heals the recipient and the giver.
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Translations for recipient
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- مستلمArabic
- příjemceCzech
- modtagerDanish
- Empfänger, EmpfängerinGerman
- receptor, receptora, beneficiarioSpanish
- دریافت کنندهPersian
- vastaanottajaFinnish
- personne gréffée, récipiendaire, receveuse, destinataire, receveurFrench
- प्राप्त करने वालाHindi
- átvevő, fogadó, címzett, befogadóHungarian
- penerimaIndonesian
- destinatarioItalian
- 受取人, 受信者Japanese
- 수령인Korean
- примач, примателMacedonian
- ontvangster, ontvangerDutch
- odbiorcaPolish
- receptorPortuguese
- реципиент, получатель, получательницаRussian
- prejemnik, prejemnicaSlovene
- organmottagare, mottagareSwedish
- alıcıTurkish
- وصول کنندہUrdu
- 接受者Chinese
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