receive

• Verb

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

• Noun