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English to English verb
| 1 |
get something; come into possession of |  | Example: receive payment
receive a gift
receive letters from the front
source: wordnet30
| 2 |
receive a specified treatment (abstract) | | Example: 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
source: wordnet30
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register (perceptual input) | | Example: pick up a signal
source: wordnet30
| 4 |
go through (mental or physical states or experiences) | | Example: get an idea
experience vertigo
get nauseous
receive injuries
have a feeling
source: wordnet30
| 5 |
express willingness to have in one's home or environs | | Example: The community warmly received the refugees
source: wordnet30
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accept as true or valid | | Example: He received Christ
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bid welcome to; greet upon arrival | | source: wordnet30
| 8 |
convert into sounds or pictures | | Example: receive the incoming radio signals
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| 9 |
experience as a reaction | | Example: My proposal met with much opposition
source: wordnet30
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have or give a reception | | Example: The lady is receiving Sunday morning
source: wordnet30
| 11 |
receive as a retribution or punishment | | Example: He got 5 years in prison
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partake of the Holy Eucharist sacrament | | source: wordnet30
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regard favorably or with disapproval | | Example: Her new collection of poems was not well received
source: wordnet30
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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. | | source: webster1913
| 15 |
To receive visitors; to be at home to receive calls; as, she receives on Tuesdays. | | source: webster1913
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