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Type Words
Synonyms encounter, meet
Type of have, experience
Derivation receptive
Type Words
Synonyms pick up
Type of perceive, comprehend
Has types hear
Derivation receptor, receiver, receptive
Type Words
Synonyms get
Verb group get, catch
Type Words
Synonyms welcome
Type of greet, recognize, recognise
Type Words
Synonyms experience, get, have
Type of undergo
Has types get, horripilate, have, sustain, take, suffer


receive injuries.
Type Words
Synonyms have
Type of get, acquire
Has types inherit, accept, take up, take in, graduate, fence, hustle
Verb group have, accept, take
Derivation receiver, recipient, reception


receive payment.
receive a gift.
receive letters from the front.
Type Words
Synonyms find, get, incur, obtain
Type of change
Has types take
Verb group get, acquire


These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation.
His movie received a good review.
Type Words
Synonyms invite, take in
Has types absorb, induct, see, assume, welcome
Derivation receptive


The community warmly received the refugees.
Type Words
Type of accept
Derivation receptive


He received Christ.
Type Words
Type of convert
Derivation receiver


receive the incoming radio signals.
Type Words
Type of celebrate, fete
Derivation reception
Type Words
Type of partake, touch
Type Words
Type of see, regard, reckon, consider, view
Derivation receptive


Her new collection of poems was not well received.

Examples of receive

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Attendees will receive a $5 coupon good for any 2010 Fall School of Dance Class.
From the dailyherald.com
They'll likely receive a more detailed redevelopment plan in the next few weeks.
From the stltoday.com
Should we apologize and explain why their daughter didn't receive an invitation?
From the newsday.com
Businesses located in the zones receive sweet tax breaks, courtesy of the state.
From the sacbee.com
Three Honorable Achievement winners and their teachers will receive $1,000 each.
From the thenewstribune.com
Our nonprofit sector cannot afford to receive fewer or smaller charitable gifts.
From the omaha.com
Congratulations and Thank you for your Service and glad you survived to receive.
From the washingtontimes.com
You can now sign up to receive email when a new Numbers Guy column is published.
From the online.wsj.com
Motorists caught on camera running a red light receive a $50 ticket in the mail.
From the democratandchronicle.com
More examples
  • Get something; come into possession of; "receive payment"; "receive a gift"; "receive letters from the front"
  • 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"
  • Pick up: register (perceptual input); "pick up a signal"
  • Experience: go through (mental or physical states or experiences); "get an idea"; "experience vertigo"; "get nauseous"; "receive injuries"; "have a feeling"
  • Express willingness to have in one's home or environs; "The community warmly received the refugees"
  • Accept as true or valid; "He received Christ"
  • (Reception (astrology)) In astrology, reception is a condition where one planet is located in a sign where a second planet has astrological dignity--for example, a sign which the second planet rules or in which it is exalted, or where the second planet is the triplicity ruler.
  • (Reception (school)) Reception or Primary 1 is the first year of primary school in the United Kingdom and South Australia. It is preceded by nursery and is followed by Year One in England and Wales or Primary 2 in Northern Ireland and Scotland.
  • (The Reception (film)) The Reception is 2005 feature film by American director John G. Young whose other films include Parallel Sons in 1995 and Rivers Wash Over Me in 2009. He wrote and directed the movie.