receive

Meaning

Verb

1. (transitive) To be given, sent, or paid something.
2. (dated, transitive) To take, as something that is offered; to accept.
3. To take goods knowing them to be stolen.
4. (transitive) To act as a host for guests; to give admittance to; to permit to enter, as into one's house, presence, company, etc.
5. (transitive) To incur (an injury).
6. To allow (a custom, tradition, etc.); to give credence or acceptance to.
7. To detect a signal from a transmitter.
8. To be in a position to take possession, or hit back the ball.
9. To be in a position to take possession, or hit back the ball.
10. (intransitive, transitive) To accept into the mind; to understand.

Noun

An operation in which data is received.

Synonyms

accept

🉑

get

take

welcome

obtain

have

entertain

admit

meet

take in

acquire

greet

gain

treat

catch

accredit

find

🔍

experience

bear

🐻

pick up

acknowledge

invite

approve

given

host

inherit

allow

grab

hold

agree

take hold of

suffer

reception

sustain

attain

assume

collect

earn

lean on

occupy

hunt

incur

capture

grip

own

call

buy

🛍️

give

gather

choose

Translations

recevoir

recibir

ricevere

ontvangen

accogliere

rebre

receber

prendre

erhalten

annehmen

bekommen

accettare

🉑

empfangen

tomar

accepter

🉑

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɹɪˈsiːv/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: receiven

Cognate with Middle English: -

Cognate with Old English: fon

Cognate with Middle English: thiggen

Cognate with Old English: þiċġan

Cognate with Middle English: aquilen

Cognate with Old French: aquillir

In summary

From Middle English receyven, from Old French receivre, from Latin recipere (“take back, accept, etc.”), from re- (“back”) + capiō (“to take”); see capacious. Compare conceive, deceive, perceive. Displaced native Middle English terms in -fon/-fangen (e.g. afon, anfon, afangen, underfangen, etc. "to receive" from Old English -fōn), native Middle English thiggen (“to receive”) (from Old English þiċġan), and non-native Middle English aquilen, enquilen (“to receive”) (from Old French aquillir, encueillir).

Sentences

The film continues to receive positive reviews .

It did not itself receive sufficient votes for any representation in Parliament .

Memotech did not receive funding they expected from the British government for this project .

This authority does not extend to professionals who receive licensure through non-governmental agencies .