receive

Verbs

  • (v) get something; come into possession of
    • receive payment
    • receive a gift
    • receive letters from the front
    have,
  • (v) 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
    incur, obtain, get, find,
  • (v) register (perceptual input)
    • pick up a signal
    pick up,
  • (v) go through (mental or physical states or experiences)
    • get an idea
    • experience vertigo
    • get nauseous
    • receive injuries
    • have a feeling
    experience, have, get,
  • (v) express willingness to have in one's home or environs
    • The community warmly received the refugees
    take in, invite,
  • (v) accept as true or valid
    • He received Christ
  • (v) bid welcome to; greet upon arrival welcome,
  • (v) convert into sounds or pictures
    • receive the incoming radio signals
  • (v) experience as a reaction
    • My proposal met with much opposition
    encounter, meet,
  • (v) have or give a reception
    • The lady is receiving Sunday morning
  • (v) receive as a retribution or punishment
    • He got 5 years in prison
    get,
  • (v) partake of the Holy Eucharist sacrament
  • (v) regard favorably or with disapproval
    • Her new collection of poems was not well received

Synonyms

have incur obtain get find pick up experience take in invite welcome encounter meet

Antonyms

say farewell

Words of close approximity

receipt
received Received Pronunciation receiver receiver-creditor relation receivership