Receive vs. Received
Receiveverb
To take, as something that is offered, given, committed, sent, paid, etc.; to accept; to be given something.
Receiveverb
To take possession of.
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To act as a host for guests; to give admittance to; to permit to enter, as into one's house, presence, company, etc.
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To incur (an injury).
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To allow (a custom, tradition, etc.); to give credence or acceptance to.
Receiveverb
(telecommunications) To detect a signal from a transmitter.
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(sports) To be in a position to take possession, or hit back the ball.
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To be in a position to hit back a service.
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(American football) To be in a position to catch a forward pass.
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To accept into the mind; to understand.
Receivenoun
(telecommunications) An operation in which data is received.
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To take, as something that is offered, given, committed, sent, paid, or the like; to accept; as, to receive money offered in payment of a debt; to receive a gift, a message, or a letter.
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Hence: To gain the knowledge of; to take into the mind by assent to; to give admission to; to accept, as an opinion, notion, etc.; to embrace.
Receiveverb
To allow, as a custom, tradition, or the like; to give credence or acceptance to.
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To give admittance to; to permit to enter, as into one's house, presence, company, and the like; as, to receive a lodger, visitor, ambassador, messenger, etc.
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To admit; to take in; to hold; to contain; to have capacity for; to be able to take in.
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To be affected by something; to suffer; to be subjected to; as, to receive pleasure or pain; to receive a wound or a blow; to receive damage.
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To take from a thief, as goods known to be stolen.
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To bat back (the ball) when served.
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To receive visitors; to be at home to receive calls; as, she receives on Tuesdays.
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To return, or bat back, the ball when served; as, it is your turn to receive.
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get something; come into possession of;
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receive a specified treatment (abstract);
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recieve (perceptual input);
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of mental or physical states or experiences;
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express willingness to have in one's home or environs;
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accept as true or valid;
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bid welcome to; greet upon arrival
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convert into sounds or pictures;
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experience as a reaction;
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have or give a reception;
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receive as a retribution or punishment;
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partake of the Holy Eucharist sacrament
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regard favorably or with disapproval;
Receivedverb
simple past tense and past participle of receive
Receivedadjective
Generally accepted as correct or true.
Receivedadjective
conforming to the established language usage of educated native speakers;
Receivedadjective
widely accepted as true or worthy;
