Receive (Verb)
Meaning 1
Accept as true or valid; "He received Christ".
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Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting.
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Meaning 2
Go through (mental or physical states or experiences); "get an idea"; "experience vertigo"; "get nauseous"; "receive injuries"; "have a feeling".
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Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling.
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Meaning 3
Partake of the Holy Eucharist sacrament.
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Verbs of eating and drinking.
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Meaning 4
Convert into sounds or pictures; "receive the incoming radio signals".
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Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
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Meaning 5
Receive as a retribution or punishment; "He got 5 years in prison".
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Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling.
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Meaning 6
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".
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Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
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Meaning 7
Register (perceptual input); "pick up a signal".
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Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling.
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Meaning 8
Have or give a reception; "The lady is receiving Sunday morning".
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Verbs of political and social activities and events.
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Meaning 9
Get something; come into possession of; "receive payment"; "receive a gift"; "receive letters from the front".
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Verbs of buying, selling, owning.
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Meaning 10
Express willingness to have in one's home or environs; "The community warmly received the refugees".
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Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
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Meaning 11
Bid welcome to; greet upon arrival.
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Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
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Meaning 12
Regard favorably or with disapproval; "Her new collection of poems was not well received".
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Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting.
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Meaning 13
Experience as a reaction; "My proposal met with much opposition".
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Verbs of being, having, spatial relations.