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Meaning of receive
1 definition found
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
receive
v 1: get something; come into possession of; "receive payment";
"receive a gift"; "receive letters from the front" [syn:
{receive}, {have}]
2: 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" [syn: {receive},
{get}, {find}, {obtain}, {incur}]
3: register (perceptual input); "pick up a signal" [syn: {pick
up}, {receive}]
4: go through (mental or physical states or experiences); "get
an idea"; "experience vertigo"; "get nauseous"; "receive
injuries"; "have a feeling" [syn: {experience}, {receive},
{have}, {get}]
5: express willingness to have in one's home or environs; "The
community warmly received the refugees" [syn: {receive},
{take in}, {invite}]
6: accept as true or valid; "He received Christ"
7: bid welcome to; greet upon arrival [syn: {welcome},
{receive}] [ant: {say farewell}]
8: convert into sounds or pictures; "receive the incoming radio
signals"
9: experience as a reaction; "My proposal met with much
opposition" [syn: {meet}, {encounter}, {receive}]
10: have or give a reception; "The lady is receiving Sunday
morning"
11: receive as a retribution or punishment; "He got 5 years in
prison" [syn: {get}, {receive}]
12: partake of the Holy Eucharist sacrament
13: regard favorably or with disapproval; "Her new collection of
poems was not well received"
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