RECEIVE as VERB

  1. Meaning
    • convert into sounds or pictures
    Usage Example(s)
    • receive the incoming radio signals
    Hypernyms(s) receive is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Derived(s)
  2. Meaning
    • receive a specified treatment (abstract)
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation
    • His movie received a good review
    • I got nothing but trouble for my good intentions
    Hypernyms(s) receive is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s)
  3. Meaning
    • regard favorably or with disapproval
    Usage Example(s)
    • Her new collection of poems was not well received
    Hypernyms(s) receive is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
  4. Meaning
    • accept as true or valid
    Usage Example(s)
    • He received Christ
    Hypernyms(s) receive is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
  5. Meaning
    • bid welcome to
    • greet upon arrival
    Synonym(s) Hypernyms(s) receive is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Antonym(s) Derived(s)
  6. Meaning
    • partake of the Holy Eucharist sacrament
    Hypernyms(s) receive is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
  7. Meaning
    • express willingness to have in one’’s home or environs
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • The community warmly received the refugees
    Hyponym(s) Derived(s)
  8. Meaning
    • recieve (perceptual input)
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • pick up a signal
    Hypernyms(s) receive is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s) Derived(s)
  9. Meaning
    • of mental or physical states or experiences
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • get an idea
    • experience vertigo
    • get nauseous
    • undergo a strange sensation
    • The chemical undergoes a sudden change
    • The fluid undergoes shear
    • receive injuries
    • have a feeling
    Hyponym(s) Derived(s) Entail(s)
  10. Meaning
    • receive as a retribution or punishment
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • He got 5 years in prison
  11. Meaning
    • get something
    • come into possession of
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • receive payment
    • receive a gift
    • receive letters from the front
    Hypernyms(s) receive is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s) Derived(s)
  12. Meaning
    • have or give a reception
    Usage Example(s)
    • The lady is receiving Sunday morning
    Hypernyms(s) receive is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Derived(s)
  13. Meaning
    • experience as a reaction
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • My proposal met with much opposition
    Hypernyms(s) receive is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower