Antonyms for receiving

Grammar : Adj

Spell : ri-seev

Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈsiv

Definition of receiving

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.

adj taking

Example sentences :

Receiving no response she knocked again, this time with more force.
Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus » by Jessie Graham Flower

To expect less is to get less, since it is to dwarf my own power of receiving.
Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King

In her heart she had begun to feel that the letters she was receiving were from Peter Morrison.
Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter

The mind was intensely receptive, when it was receiving at all.
Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 10, No. 58, August, 1862 » by Various

After receiving his degree he commenced the practice of medicine with his preceptor.
Extract from : « Cleveland Past and Present » by Maurice Joblin

I will not attempt to describe what I felt on receiving your letter.
Extract from : « The Letters of Robert Burns » by Robert Burns

I shall have the honour of receiving your criticisms in person at Dunlop.
Extract from : « The Letters of Robert Burns » by Robert Burns

You don't suppose your daddy's receiving callers yet, is he?
Extract from : « Alice Adams » by Booth Tarkington

For a few minutes after receiving this information Bart was busy thinking.
Extract from : « Frank Roscoe's Secret » by Allen Chapman

Then, after receiving his instructions, Dick saluted and withdrew.
Extract from : « The Dare Boys of 1776 » by Stephen Angus Cox

Synonyms for receiving

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