receive

/ɹəsˈiv/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

verb

get something; come into possession of
“receive payment”
receive a specified treatment (abstract)
“These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation”
register (perceptual input)
“pick up a signal”
go through (mental or physical states or experiences)
“get an idea”
express willingness to have in one's home or environs
“The community warmly received the refugees”
accept as true or valid
“He received Christ”
bid welcome to; greet upon arrival
convert into sounds or pictures
“receive the incoming radio signals”
experience as a reaction
“My proposal met with much opposition”
have or give a reception
“The lady is receiving Sunday morning”
receive as a retribution or punishment
“He got 5 years in prison”
partake of the Holy Eucharist sacrament

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