Definition:
- (v. t.) 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.
- (v. t.) 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.
- (v. t.) To allow, as a custom, tradition, or the like; to give credence or acceptance to.
- (v. t.) 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.
- (v. t.) To admit; to take in; to hold; to contain; to have capacity for; to be able to take in.
- (v. t.) 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.
- (v. t.) To take from a thief, as goods known to be stolen.
- (v. t.) To bat back (the ball) when served.
- (v. i.) To receive visitors; to be at home to receive calls; as, she receives on Tuesdays.
- (v. i.) To return, or bat back, the ball when served; as, it is your turn to receive.
Compare receive with other words:
betake vs. receive
receive vs. received
receive vs. redeem
achieve vs. receive
receive vs. seek
receive vs. sustain
receive vs. retrieve
misreceive vs. receive
entertake vs. receive
receive vs. resetter
hospitate vs. receive
receive vs. underget
receive vs. suscipient
receive vs. recipience
attain vs. receive
receive vs. recite
deceive vs. receive
receive vs. send
receive vs. welcome
receive vs. zero
administer vs. receive
approve vs. receive
believe vs. receive
collect vs. receive
arrive vs. receive
accomplish vs. receive
acquire vs. receive
receive vs. wild
demonstration vs. receive
donee vs. receive
counterchange vs. receive
fetch vs. receive
obtain vs. receive
receive vs. responsive
receive vs. vouchsafe
customer vs. receive
receive vs. teller
receive vs. undergraduate
outpatient vs. receive
receive vs. transmit
absorb vs. receive
capacity vs. receive
receive vs. serve
bandy vs. receive
data vs. receive
operation vs. receive
receive vs. recipient
receive vs. receptacle
receive vs. receptive
receive vs. receiver
receivable vs. receive
receive vs. understand
receive vs. service
mind vs. receive
back vs. receive
receive vs. suffer
hit vs. receive
host vs. receive
bayonet vs. receive
glorious vs. receive
receive vs. taker
fang vs. receive
earn vs. receive
cad vs. receive
inherit vs. receive
admit vs. receive
receipt vs. receive
receive vs. reception
borrow vs. receive
net vs. receive
receive vs. terminal
cop vs. receive
derive vs. receive
receive vs. revenue
receive vs. sit
get vs. receive
feel vs. receive
catch vs. receive
bid vs. receive
read vs. receive
give vs. receive
board vs. receive
receive vs. take
cathead vs. receive
accept vs. receive
abandonment vs. receive