receive
[verb]
Synonyms:
- get, accept, acquire, be given, collect, obtain, pick up, take
- experience, bear, encounter, suffer, sustain, undergo
- greet, accommodate, admit, entertain, meet, welcome

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

re‧ceive S1 W1 /rɪˈsiːv/ verb [transitive]
[Word Family: noun: receipt, receipts, receiver, reception, receivership, receiving, receptionist, receptor; adjective: receptive ≠ UNRECEPTIVE, 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 Synonym : 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!'

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

receive
verb
I. get/accept sth
ADV. gratefully All donations will be gratefully received.
VERB + RECEIVE be entitled to You might be entitled to receive housing benefit.
expect to You can expect to receive compensation for all direct expenses arising out of the accident.
PREP. from I received a parcel from my mother.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

receive
II. react to sth in a particular way
ADV. well The play was very well received.
badly The speech was badly received by republican leaders.
PREP. with The news was received with dismay.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲