receive
verb
[ rɪˈsiːv ]
• be given, presented with, or paid (something).
• "the band will receive a £100,000 advance"
Similar:
be given,
be presented with,
be awarded,
collect,
accept,
have conferred on one,
get,
obtain,
gain,
acquire,
secure,
come by,
pick up,
be provided with,
take,
derive,
win,
be paid,
earn,
gross,
net,
accrue,
inherit,
come into,
cop,
• suffer, experience, or be subject to (specified treatment).
• "the event received wide press coverage"
Similar:
experience,
sustain,
undergo,
meet with,
encounter,
go through,
be subjected to,
come in for,
suffer,
bear,
endure,
• greet or welcome (a visitor) formally.
• "representatives of the club will be received by the Mayor"
• 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"
• (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"
Origin:
Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French receivre, based on Latin recipere, from re- ‘back’ + capere ‘take’.
