Translate receive | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish Definition of receive
verb
[with object] 1be given, presented with, or paid (something):most businesses will receive a tax cut she received her prize from the manager take delivery of (something sent or communicated):he received fifty inquiries after advertising the job buy or accept goods in the knowledge that they have been stolen:a man convicted of receiving stolen property detect or pick up (broadcast signals):Turkish television began to be received in Tashkent form (an idea or impression) as a result of perception or experience:the impression she received was one of unhurried leisure (in tennis and similar games) be the player to whom the server serves (the ball). (in Christian services) eat or drink (the Eucharistic bread or wine):he received Communion and left consent to formally hear (an oath or confession):he failed to find a magistrate to receive his oath serve as a receptacle for:the basin that receives your blood
2suffer, experience, or be subject to (specified treatment):the event received wide press coverage he received an eight-year prison sentence she received only cuts and bruises (usually
be received)
respond to (something) in a specified way:her first poem was not well received meet with (a specified response or 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 meet and have to withstand:the landward slopes receive the full force of the wind
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 provide space or accommodations for:three lines are reserved for special vehicles, and the remaining lines receive the general rolling stock
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