receive

verb

• 1be given, presented with, or paid (something):the band will receive a £100,000 advance she received her prize from the manager
• take delivery of (something sent or communicated):he received fifty enquiries after advertising the job
• consent to hear (an oath or confession):he failed to find a magistrate to receive his oath
• buy or accept goods known to be stolen:he was deprived of his licence for receiving a stolen load of whisky

• 2suffer, experience, or be subject to (specified treatment):the event received wide press coverage she received only cuts and bruises
• [with object and adverbial] respond to (something) in a specified way:her first poem was not well received
• meet and have to withstand:the landward slopes receive the full force of the wind
• meet with (a specified reaction):the rulings have received widespread acceptance
• (as adjective received) widely accepted as authoritative or true:the myths and received wisdom about the country’s past

• 3greet or welcome (a visitor) formally:representatives of the club will be received by the Mayor
• be visited by:she was not allowed to receive visitors
• admit as a member:hundreds of converts were received into the Church

• 4form (an idea or impression) as a result of perception or experience:the impression she received was one of unhurried leisure

• 5detect or pick up (broadcast signals):the systems work by comparing time signals received from different satellites

• 6serve as a receptacle for:the basin that receives your blood
• provide space or accommodation for:the remaining lines receive the general rolling stock

• 7(in tennis and similar games) be the player to whom the server serves (the ball).

• 8eat or drink (the Eucharistic bread or wine):he received Communion and left