receive
verbEtymology
From Middle English receyven, from Old French receivre, from Latin recipere (“take back, accept, etc.”), from re- (“back”) + capiō (“to take”); see capacious. Compare conceive, deceive, perceive. Displaced native Middle English terms in -fon/-fangen (e.g. afon, anfon, afangen, underfangen, etc. "to receive" from Old English -fōn), native Middle English thiggen (“to receive”) (from Old English þiċġan), and non-native Middle English aquilen, enquilen (“to receive”) (from Old French aquillir, encueillir).
Definitions
To be given, sent, or paid something.
- He received many presents for his birthday.
- In America alone, people spent $170 billion on "direct marketing"—junk mail of both the physical and electronic varieties—last year. Yet of those who received unsolicited adverts through the post, only 3% bought anything as a result.
To take, as something that is offered
To take, as something that is offered; to accept.
- He had the offer of employment, but he would not receive it.
- Our hearts receiue your warnings.
- The idea of solidity we receive by our touch.
To take goods knowing them to be stolen.
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To act as a host for guests
To act as a host for guests; to give admittance to; to permit to enter, as into one's house, presence, company, etc.
- to receive a lodger, visitor, ambassador, messenger, etc.
- And the barbarous people ſhewed vs no little kindneſſe: for they kindled a fire, and receiued us euery one becauſe of the preſent raine, and becauſe of the cold.
To incur (an injury).
- I received a bloody nose from the collision.
- But because this is oftentimes dangerous, and much hurt hath been received thereby through casualty of fire, I advise the sticking four stakes into the earth, at least five feet above the ground [...]
To allow (a custom, tradition, etc.)
To allow (a custom, tradition, etc.); to give credence or acceptance to.
To detect a signal from a transmitter.
To be in a position to take possession, or hit back the ball.
To accept into the mind
To accept into the mind; to understand.
- I cannot receive [translating recevoir] that manner, whereby we establish the continuance of our life.
An operation in which data is received.
- In the sonification of the PDE code, notes are scattered throughout a wide pitch range, and sends and receives are relatively balanced; although in the beginning of the application there are bursts of sends […]
The neighborhood
- synonymacquire
- synonymaccept
- synonymattain
- synonymcome by
- synonymcop
- synonymenlist
- synonymfang
- synonymgain
- synonymgarner
- synonymget
- synonymget hold of
- synonymget one's hands on
- antonymgive
- antonymlose
- antonymsell
- antonymget rid of
- antonymunacquire
- antonymunget
- neighborreceipt
- neighborreceivable
- neighborreceivableness
- neighborreceival
- neighborreceiveable
- neighborreceiver
- neighborreceivership
- neighborreceptacle
- neighborreception
- neighborreceptionist
- neighborreceptive
- neighborrecipient
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at receive. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at receive. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
10 hops · closes at receive
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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