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List of meaning for receive

to get or be given something

receive, have(verb)

get something; come into possession of

"receive payment"; "receive a gift"; "receive letters from the front"

receive, get, find, obtain, incur(verb)

receive a specified treatment (abstract)

"These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation"; "His movie received a good review"; "I got nothing but trouble for my good intentions"

pick up, receive(verb)

register (perceptual input)

"pick up a signal"

experience, receive, have, get(verb)

go through (mental or physical states or experiences)

"get an idea"; "experience vertigo"; "get nauseous"; "receive injuries"; "have a feeling"

receive, take in, invite(verb)

express willingness to have in one's home or environs

"The community warmly received the refugees"

receive(verb)

accept as true or valid

"He received Christ"

welcome, receive(verb)

bid welcome to; greet upon arrival

receive(verb)

convert into sounds or pictures

"receive the incoming radio signals"

meet, encounter, receive(verb)

experience as a reaction

"My proposal met with much opposition"

receive(verb)

have or give a reception

"The lady is receiving Sunday morning"

get, receive(verb)

receive as a retribution or punishment

"He got 5 years in prison"

receive(verb)

partake of the Holy Eucharist sacrament

receive(verb)

regard favorably or with disapproval

"Her new collection of poems was not well received"

to offer entrance (as to a place, school, or privilege) to

a top law-school grad who was received by the firm with open arms

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