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| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : ri-seev |
| Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈsiv |
Definition of receive
Origin :- c.1300, from Old North French receivre (Old French recoivre) "seize, take hold of, pick up; welcome, accept," from Latin recipere "regain, take back, bring back, carry back, recover; take to oneself, take in, admit," from re- "back," though the exact sense here is obscure (see re-) + -cipere, comb. form of capere "to take" (see capable). Radio and (later) television sense is attested from 1908. Related: Received; receiving.
- verb accept delivery of something
- verb endure, sustain
- verb take in guest or member
- “We hoped to receive counsel from our uncle at Hyde,” added Ambrose.
- Extract from : « The Armourer's Prentices » by Charlotte M. Yonge
- Perhaps it is hard to receive it in such a way, but I can have it.
- Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
- I forgive you, if you are sorry for the fault, and my arms are ready to receive you.
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
- All laws to secure these ends will receive my best efforts for their enforcement.
- Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
- In the hour of triumph the government was doomed to receive a stunning blow.
- Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
- On his return he addressed, by their request, the people gathered to receive him.
- Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
- I will hear no pleas, I will receive no letter, nor expostulation.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- Nevertheless I believe they all think that I receive letters from Mr. Lovelace.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- He whirled to receive the muzzle of a revolver in his stomach.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- Had they not come that she might show off to them, and receive their approbation!
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
Synonyms for receive
- accept
- accommodate
- acquire
- admit
- allow entrance
- apprehend
- appropriate
- arrogate
- assume
- be given
- be in receipt of
- be informed
- be subjected to
- be told
- bear
- bring in
- catch
- collect
- come by
- come into
- cop
- corral
- derive
- draw
- earn
- encounter
- entertain
- experience
- gain
- gather
- get
- get from
- get hands on
- get hold of
- go through
- grab
- greet
- hear
- hold
- host
- induct
- inherit
- initiate
- install
- introduce
- invite
- latch on to
- let in
- let through
- make
- make comfortable
- make welcome
- meet
- meet with
- obtain
- perceive
- permit
- pick up
- procure
- pull
- pull down
- reap
- redeem
- roll out red carpet
- secure
- seize
- shake hands
- show in
- snag
- suffer
- take
- take in
- take possession
- undergo
- usher in
- welcome
- win
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