receive

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receive Definition

• (v) get something; come into possession of; "receive payment"; "receive a gift"; "receive letters from the front"
• (v) 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"
• (v) recieve (perceptual input); "pick up a signal"
• (v) of mental or physical states or experiences; "get an idea"; "experience vertigo"; "get nauseous"; "undergo a strange sensation"; "The chemical undergoes a sudden change"; "The fluid undergoes shear"; "receive injuries"; "have a feeling"
• (v) express willingness to have in one''s home or environs; "The community warmly received the refugees"
• (v) accept as true or valid; "He received Christ"
• (v) bid welcome to; greet upon arrival
• (v) convert into sounds or pictures; "receive the incoming radio signals"
• (v) experience as a reaction; "My proposal met with much opposition"
• (v) have or give a reception; "The lady is receiving Sunday morning"
• (v) receive as a retribution or punishment; "He got 5 years in prison"
• (v) partake of the Holy Eucharist sacrament
• (v) regard favorably or with disapproval; "Her new collection of poems was not well received"

receive Synonyms

• encounter
• experience
• find
• get
• have
• incur
• invite
• meet
• obtain
• pick up
• receive
• take in
• undergo
• welcome