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Receive
rɪˈsiːv
- be given, presented with, or paid (something)
"the band will receive a £100,000 advance"
- take delivery of (something sent or communicated)
"he received fifty enquiries after advertising the job"
- consent to hear (an oath or confession)
"he failed to find a magistrate to receive his oath"
- buy or accept goods known to be stolen
"he was deprived of his licence for receiving a stolen load of whisky"
- suffer, experience, or be subject to (specified treatment)
"the event received wide press coverage"
- respond to (something) in a specified way
"her first poem was not well received"
- meet and have to withstand
"the landward slopes receive the full force of the wind"
- meet with (a specified response or reaction)
"the rulings have received widespread acceptance"
- greet or welcome (a visitor) formally
"representatives of the club will be received by the Mayor"
- be visited by
"she was not allowed to receive visitors"
- admit as a member
"hundreds of converts were received into the Church"
- form (an idea or impression) as a result of perception or experience
"the impression she received was one of unhurried leisure"
- detect or pick up (broadcast signals)
"the systems work by comparing time signals received from different satellites"
- serve as a receptacle for
"the basin that receives your blood"
- provide space or accommodation for
"the remaining lines receive the general rolling stock"
- (in tennis and similar games) be the player to whom the server serves (the ball)
- eat or drink (the Eucharistic bread or wine)
"he received Communion and left"