Definitions for receive

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receive re·ceive

Spelling: [ri-seev]

IPA: /rɪˈsiv/

Receive is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 65 anagrams from letters in receive (ceeeirv).

Definitions for receive

verb (used with object)

1. to take into one's possession (something offered or delivered):
2. to have (something) bestowed, conferred, etc.:
3. to have delivered or brought to one:
4. to get or be informed of:
5. to be burdened with; sustain:
6. to hold, bear, or contain:
7. to take into the mind; apprehend mentally:
8. to accept from another by hearing or listening:
9. to meet with; experience:
10. to suffer the injury of:
11. to be at home to (visitors):
12. to greet or welcome (guests, visitors, etc.) upon arriving:
13. to admit (a person) to a place:
14. to admit into an organization, membership, etc.:
15. to accept as authoritative, valid, true, or approved:
16. to react to in the manner specified:

verb (used without object)

1. to receive something.
2. to receive visitors or guests.
3. Radio. to convert incoming electromagnetic waves into the original signal.
4. to receive the Eucharist:

Origin of receive

1250-1300; Middle English receven Old North French receivre Latin recipere, equivalent to re- re- + -cipere, combining form of capere to take

Examples for receive

The defense team expects to receive all of the documents and evidence in the coming week.

And I was lucky enough to receive an invitation to stay at Easter Elchies House, the spiritual home at The Macallan.

On his return he addressed, by their request, the people gathered to receive him.

I forgive you, if you are sorry for the fault, and my arms are ready to receive you.

All laws to secure these ends will receive my best efforts for their enforcement.

Perhaps this year, the old saying should be amended to: to share is better than to receive.

“We hoped to receive counsel from our uncle at Hyde,” added Ambrose.

This week, on December 10th, Human Rights Day, she will receive the Nobel Prize—the youngest person ever to be honored.

The younger man rolled down his window to receive the approaching Williams “to see what he wanted.”

Perhaps it is hard to receive it in such a way, but I can have it.