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  1. verb
    experience as a reaction

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  2. verb
    register (perceptual input)

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  3. verb
    receive as a retribution or punishment

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    get
  4. verb
    bid welcome to; greet upon arrival

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  5. verb
    go through (mental or physical states or experiences)
    "receive injuries"

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  6. verb
    get something; come into possession of
    "receive payment" "receive a gift" "receive letters from the front"

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  7. verb
    receive a specified treatment (abstract)
    "These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation" "His movie received a good review"

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  8. verb
    express willingness to have in one's home or environs
    "The community warmly received the refugees"

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  9. verb
    accept as true or valid
    "He received Christ"
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  10. verb
    convert into sounds or pictures
    "receive the incoming radio signals"
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  11. verb
    have or give a reception
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  12. verb
    partake of the Holy Eucharist sacrament
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  13. verb
    regard favorably or with disapproval
    "Her new collection of poems was not well received"
Definition that contains receive
  • have receive willingly something given or offered
  • get receive as a retribution or punishment
  • get receive a specified treatment (abstract)
  • see receive as a specified guest
  • take receive willingly something given or offered
  • take receive or obtain regularly
  • find receive a specified treatment (abstract)
  • hear receive a communication from someone
  • welcome receive someone, as into one's house
  • accept receive willingly something given or offered
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