Definitions for recipient
rɪˈsɪp i əntre·cip·i·ent

Princeton's WordNet(2.71 / 7 votes)Rate this definition:

1. recipient, receivernoun

   a person who receives something

2. 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(3.13 / 8 votes)Rate this definition:

1. recipientnoun

   One who receives, such as one who receives money or goods.

   Etymology: From stem of recipiens, present participle of recipio

2. recipientnoun

   An individual receiving donor organs or tissues.

   Etymology: From stem of recipiens, present participle of recipio

3. 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(1.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. 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.]

2. Recipientadjective

   receiving; receptive

   Etymology: [L. recipiens, -entis, receiving, p. pr. of recipere to receive: cf. F. rcipient. See Receive.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. 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(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. recipient

   A person, group or organization that receives.

   The recipient did enjoy the award ceremony.

   Submitted by MaryC on March 14, 2020  

Matched Categories

1. • Acquirer
   • Semantic Role

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'recipient' in Nouns Frequency: #2786

How to pronounce recipient?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

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   Tessa

   South African

How to say recipient in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of recipient in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of recipient in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of recipient in a Sentence

1. Scott Applewhite -RRB- Noti:

   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.

2. Duncan Hunter:

   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.

3. Brandon Wu of ActionAid:

   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.

4. Maria Siemionow:

   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.

5. Bryant McGill:

   Service heals the recipient and the giver.

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