receiveverb [ T ]
uk/rɪˈsiːv/us/rɪˈsiːv/receive verb [ T ] (GET)
A2 to get or be given something:
(of a radio or television) to change a signal into sounds and pictures
to be able to hear someone's voice when they are communicating with you by radio:
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- Members all receive a free copy of the monthly newsletter.
- Tomorrow the children will receive their anxiously awaited presents.
- One aggrieved customer complained that he still hadn't received the book he had ordered several weeks ago.
- The orchestra receives £2 million a year in sponsorship from various companies.
- The planet Jupiter radiates twice as much heat from inside as it receives from the Sun.
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Getting, receiving and accepting
- acquihire
- acquire
- acquisition
- awardee
- carve
- draw
- earn
- fill
- get sth out of sth
- glom onto sth/sb
- go to sb
- grasp
- obtain
- pick
- score
- secure
- snatch
- snatch at sth
- wangle
- wrest
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receive verb [ T ] (WELCOME)
to formally welcome a visitor or guest:
Indian English to meet someone when they arrive somewhere:
C1 to react to something or someone in a particular way that shows how you feel about it, him, or her:
to be made a member of an organization:
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Welcoming, greeting & greetings
- afternoon
- air kiss
- air kiss
- aloha
- bon voyage
- bye
- ciao
- five
- good afternoon
- good evening
- goodbye
- greeting
- happy
- pump sb's hand idiom
- salaam
- see/catch you later! idiom
- shake
- so long idiom
- stranger
- wotcha
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