receive
To be given, sent, or paid something.
Example
“He received many presents for his birthday.”
Other meanings
To take goods knowing them to be stolen.
To act as a host for guests; to give admittance to; to permit to enter, as into one's house, presence, company, etc.
“to receive a lodger, visitor, ambassador, messenger, etc.”
Related words
- autoreceive
- misreceive
- receivability
- transceive
- at the receiving end
- on the receiving end
- receiving blanket
- receiving house
- receiving line
- receiving reservoir
- receiving ship
- receiving yard
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "recipiō".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “receive” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.