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English verb: receive | |||
| 1. | receive (possession) get something; come into possession of | ||
| Samples | Receive payment. Receive a gift. Receive letters from the front. | ||
| Examples | The banks receive the check, They receive more bread, They receive the money | ||
| Synonyms | have | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Somebody ----s something from somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | acquire, get | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | accept, fence, graduate, hustle, inherit, take in, take up | ||
| Verb group | accept, have, take | ||
| 2. | receive (change) receive a specified treatment (abstract) | ||
| Samples | 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. | ||
| Synonyms | find, get, incur, obtain | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | change | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | take | ||
| Verb group | acquire, get | ||
| 3. | receive (perception) register (perceptual input) | ||
| Samples | Pick up a signal. | ||
| Examples | They receive the information to them | ||
| Synonyms | pick up | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | comprehend, perceive | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | hear | ||
| 4. | receive (perception) go through (mental or physical states or experiences) | ||
| Samples | Get an idea. Experience vertigo. Get nauseous. Receive injuries. Have a feeling. | ||
| Synonyms | experience, get, have | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | undergo | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | get, have, horripilate, suffer, sustain, take | ||
| Entail | comprehend, perceive | ||
| 5. | receive (contact) express willingness to have in one's home or environs | ||
| Samples | The community warmly received the refugees. | ||
| Examples | Sam cannot receive Sue | ||
| Synonyms | invite, take in | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | absorb, assume, induct, see, welcome | ||
| 6. | receive (cognition) accept as true or valid | ||
| Samples | He received Christ. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | accept | ||
| 7. | receive (communication) bid welcome to; greet upon arrival | ||
| Synonyms | welcome | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | greet, recognise, recognize | ||
| Antonyms | say farewell | ||
| 8. | receive (change) convert into sounds or pictures | ||
| Samples | Receive the incoming radio signals. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | convert | ||
| 9. | receive (stative) experience as a reaction | ||
| Samples | My proposal met with much opposition. | ||
| Synonyms | encounter, meet | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | experience, have | ||
| 10. | receive (social) have or give a reception | ||
| Samples | The lady is receiving Sunday morning. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | celebrate, fete | ||
| 11. | receive (perception) receive as a retribution or punishment | ||
| Samples | He got 5 years in prison. | ||
| Synonyms | get | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Verb group | catch, get | ||
| 12. | receive (consumption) partake of the Holy Eucharist sacrament | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | partake, touch | ||
| Domain category | Christian religion, Christianity | ||
| 13. | receive (cognition) regard favorably or with disapproval | ||
| Samples | Her new collection of poems was not well received. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | consider, reckon, regard, see, view | ||
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