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receive
receive S1 W1 /rɪˈsiːv/ verb [transitive]
 Word Family: noun: receipt, receipts, receiver, reception, receivership, receiving, receptionist, receptor; adjective: receptiveUNRECEPTIVE, received; verb: receive
 Date: 1300-1400
 Language: Old North French
 Origin: receivre, from Latin recipere, from capere 'to take'
1.  BE GIVEN SOMETHING to be given something
   SYN  get:
    All the children will receive a small gift.
    receive something from somebody
    She received an honorary degree from Harvard.
    receive attention/affection/support
    She received no support from her parents.
    receive payment/money/a pension etc
    They will be entitled to receive unemployment benefit.
    receive a prize/award/gift etc
    He went up to receive his award from the mayor.
    receive education/training
    16 to 18-year-olds receiving full-time education
    Lee received 324 votes (=324 people voted for him).
  REGISTER
    Receive is a rather formal word, which is used especially in written English. In everyday English, people usually use get.
    What did you get for your birthday?
    She got a degree from York University.
2.  BE SENT SOMETHING formal to get a letter, message, or telephone call, or something which someone has sent you
    receive something from somebody
    He received a letter from his insurance company.
    If you would like to receive further information, return the attached form.
    We have received numerous complaints about the noise.
3.  TREATMENT formal if you receive a particular type of medical treatment, it is done to you:
    He received hospital treatment for a cut over his eye.
4.  REACTION TO SOMETHING  [usually passive] to react in a particular way to a suggestion, idea, performance etc ⇨ reception:
    The film was well received by critics (=they said it was good).
    He received the news in silence.
5. be on/at the receiving end (of something) to be the person who is affected by someone else’s actions, usually in an unpleasant way:
    She found herself on the receiving end of racist abuse.
6. receive an injury/blow formal to be injured or hit
7.  PEOPLE formal to officially accept someone as a guest or member of a group
    receive guests/visitors
    She isn’t well enough to receive visitors yet.
    receive somebody into something
    She was later received into the Church.
8.  BY RADIO
  a. if a radio or television receives radio waves or other signals, it makes them become sounds or pictures
  b. to be able to hear a radio message that someone is sending:
    Receiving you loud and clear!'