Meaning of 'receive' (Webster Dictionary)
- To receive visitors; to be at home to receive calls;
as, she receives on Tuesdays.
- To return, or bat back, the ball when served; as, it is
your turn to receive.
- To take, as something that is offered, given,
committed, sent, paid, or the like; to accept; as, to receive money
offered in payment of a debt; to receive a gift, a message, or a
letter.
- Hence: To gain the knowledge of; to take into the mind
by assent to; to give admission to; to accept, as an opinion, notion,
etc.; to embrace.
- To allow, as a custom, tradition, or the like; to give
credence or acceptance to.
- To give admittance to; to permit to enter, as into
one's house, presence, company, and the like; as, to receive a lodger,
visitor, ambassador, messenger, etc.
- To admit; to take in; to hold; to contain; to have
capacity for; to be able to take in.
- To be affected by something; to suffer; to be subjected
to; as, to receive pleasure or pain; to receive a wound or a blow; to
receive damage.
- To take from a thief, as goods known to be stolen.
- To bat back (the ball) when served.
Meaning of 'receive' (Princeton's WordNet)
Meaning (1):
- go through (mental or physical states or experiences)
Example in sentence:- experience vertigo;
- get an idea;
- get nauseous;
- have a feeling;
- receive injuries
Meaning (2):
- receive as a retribution or punishment
Meaning (3):
- accept as true or valid
Meaning (4):
- regard favorably or with disapproval
Example in sentence:- Her new collection of poems was not well received
Meaning (5):
- receive a specified treatment (abstract)
Example in sentence:- His movie received a good review;
- I got nothing but trouble for my good intentions;
- These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation
Meaning (6):
- experience as a reaction
Example in sentence:- My proposal met with much opposition
Meaning (7):
- register (perceptual input)
Meaning (8):
- get something; come into possession of
Example in sentence:- receive a gift;
- receive letters from the front;
- receive payment
Meaning (9):
- convert into sounds or pictures
Example in sentence:- receive the incoming radio signals
Meaning (10):
- express willingness to have in one's home or environs
Example in sentence:- The community warmly received the refugees
Meaning (11):
- have or give a reception
Example in sentence:- The lady is receiving Sunday morning
Definition
[ v. i.]