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| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : ri-see-ver |
| Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈsi vər |
Definition of receiver
Origin :- mid-14c. (mid-13c. as a surname), agent noun from receive, or from Old French recevere (Modern French receveur), agent noun from recievere. As a telephone apparatus, from 1877; in reference to a radio unit, from 1891; in U.S. football sense, from 1897.
- noun one who receives
- noun device for receiving
- noun recipient
- The impact of sounds on his ear from the receiver set him to attention.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- He went to the desk where the telephone was, and took up the receiver.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- What would I not have given to have been the receiver of such a letter?
- Extract from : « The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Vol. 10, Issue 265, July 21, 1827 » by Various
- She stood there looking at the receiver as her hands came together.
- Extract from : « Dust » by Mr. and Mrs. Haldeman-Julius
- The clumsy framework of the receiver was reduced to a neat and portable size.
- Extract from : « Heroes of the Telegraph » by J. Munro
- The property on which the receiver was based had been observed and applied by him some time before.
- Extract from : « Heroes of the Telegraph » by J. Munro
- He went over to the instrument, sat down, and put the receiver to his ear.
- Extract from : « The Fortune Hunter » by Louis Joseph Vance
- Wrayson rose to his feet and took the receiver into his hand.
- Extract from : « The Avenger » by E. Phillips Oppenheim
- To be a receiver of taxes one need not know either Greek or Latin.
- Extract from : « The Fortune of the Rougons » by Emile Zola
- The death of the receiver of taxes had satiated the soldiers.
- Extract from : « The Fortune of the Rougons » by Emile Zola
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