Definitions for received

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received re·ceived

Spelling: [ri-seevd]

IPA: /rɪˈsivd/

Received is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 135 anagrams from letters in received (cdeeeirv).

Definitions for received

adjective

1. generally or traditionally accepted; conventional; standard:

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 received

late Middle English word dating back to 1400-50; See origin at receive, -ed²

Examples for received

Who among you ever received an injury from that kind old man?

As part of that effort, Said received weapons training for months, sources told The Daily Beast.

Not only that, but he would get into trouble with Mr. Paine on account of the damage which it had received.

Jason Berry received a 1992 Alicia Patterson Fellowship for his coverage of demagogues in Louisiana.

Of the three nominated, Webster did the best, receiving 12 votes, Gohmert and Yoho received three and two votes, respectively.

This reporter knocked at the Wilkins home on Tuesday morning but received neither an answer nor the business end of a shotgun.

She received his bits of news with the aplomb of a resourceful commander.

I have no evidence, except your word, that any such letter has been received.

This was the most unwelcome intelligence he could have received.

Eric Garcetti succeeded Villaraigosa and has received high marks in his first year and a half on the job.