Receive (IPA: /ɹəˈsiv/, /ɹiˈsiv/, /ɹɪˈsiv/)
| Receive (v. t.) |
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. |
| Receive (v. t.) |
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. |
| Receive (v. t.) |
To allow, as a custom, tradition, or the like; to give credence or acceptance to. |
| Receive (v. t.) |
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. |
| Receive (v. t.) |
To admit; to take in; to hold; to contain; to have capacity for; to be able to take in. |
| Receive (v. t.) |
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. |
| Receive (v. t.) |
To take from a thief, as goods known to be stolen. |
| Receive (v. t.) |
To bat back (the ball) when served. |
| Receive (v. i.) |
To receive visitors; to be at home to receive calls; as, she receives on Tuesdays. |
| Receive (v. i.) |
To return, or bat back, the ball when served; as, it is your turn to receive. |
| Receive Synonyms |
Undergo, Experience, Get, Have |
| Receive Synonyms |
Incur, Obtain, Get, Find |
| Receive Synonyms |
Get |
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Have |
| Receive Synonyms |
Encounter, Meet |
| Receive Synonyms |
Pick Up |
| Receive Synonyms |
Invite, Take In |
| Receive Synonyms |
Welcome |
Receive Rhymes
