📒 to get or accept something that is sent or given to you
- receive something
- I was delighted to receive your letter.
- She received many messages of support.
📒 to experience or be given a particular type of treatment or attention
- receive something Her work has not received the attention it deserves.
- She received urgent hospital treatment.
- All our staff receive training on dealing with customers.
📒 to form an idea or impression of somebody/something as a result of what you see, experience, etc.
- I did not receive the impression that he was afraid.
📒 to be injured in a particular way
- Several of the passengers received severe injuries.
- She received only minor cuts and bruises.
📒 to react to something new, in a particular way
- be received + adv./prep. The play was well received by the critics.
- The speech was warmly received by the audience.
- be received with something The proposals have been received with great enthusiasm.
📒 to welcome or entertain a guest, especially formally
- be received (as something) He was received as an honoured guest at the White House.
- be received with something We were received with great cordiality.
📒 to officially recognize and accept somebody as a member of a group
- Three young people were received into the Church at Easter.
📒 to change broadcast signals into sounds or pictures on a television, radio, etc.
- to receive programmes via satellite
- a device for sending and receiving electronic signals
📒 to be able to hear a radio message that is being sent by somebody
- I'm receiving you loud and clear.
📒 to buy or accept goods that you know have been stolen
📒 to be the player that the server hits the ball to
- She won the toss and chose to receive.
📒 to be the person that an action, etc. is directed at, especially an unpleasant one
- She found herself on the receiving end of a great deal of criticism.