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How to pronounce recipient in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms receiver
Type of acquirer
Has types addressee, alienee, annuitant, assignee, beneficiary, borrower, conferee, consignee, dependant, dependent, donee, grantee, heir, heritor, honoree, host, inheritor, mandatary, mandatory, payee, protege, warrantee, sendee, transferee
Derivation receive
Type Words
Synonyms recipient role
Type of semantic role, participant role

Examples of recipient

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Miller will be only the third recipient of the award for service in Afghanistan.
From the charlotteobserver.com
This is because the code for the gift card is sent in an email to the recipient.
From the dailyherald.com
The recipient doesn't need a Windows Live account to see or comment on the file.
From the techcrunch.com
It's like offering a culinary recipient of the MOF an Easy Bake Oven as a prize.
From the guardian.co.uk
In either case, the giver fails to please the recipient and the rule is not met.
From the cnn.com
You may trust the recipient, but you have no idea to whom he or she may forward.
From the washingtonpost.com
The recipient does absolutely nothing to earn it, but it is given to him anyway.
From the washingtontimes.com
Retiree and Social Security recipient Madeline Coren, 64, has done so for years.
From the sacbee.com
Benjamin chose Penelope House as recipient of proceeds from his service project.
From the al.com
More examples
  • A person who receives something
  • Recipient role: the semantic role of the animate entity that is passively involved in the happening denoted by the verb in the clause
  • One who receives, such as one who receives money or goods; An individual receiving donor organs or tissues; The portion of an alembic or other still in which the distilled liquid is collected
  • (recipience) The ability to receive; receptivity
  • (Recipients) Disaster managers, professionals, government employees, Teachers or instructors
  • A person or agency to whom support is paid. Also known as payee.
  • An organization receiving financial assistance directly from an awarding agency to carry out a project or program.
  • A person receiving benefits under MEPD, including a person whose Medicaid eligibility is being redetermined.
  • The woman who receives eggs from another woman during treatment to help her to become pregnant.