receive

Verb
  1. Get something;
    Come into possession of (synset 202214901)
    "receive payment"; "receive a gift"; "receive letters from the front"
    is a type of: acquire, get - come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
    subtypes:
    • take in, take up - accept
    • hustle - get by trying hard
    • accept - receive (a report) officially, as from a committee
    • fence - receive stolen goods
    • graduate - receive an academic degree upon completion of one's studies
    • inherit - receive by genetic transmission
    same as: have
    verb group: accept, have, take - receive willingly something given or offered
  2. Receive a specified treatment (abstract) (synset 200523831)
    "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"
    is a type of: change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature
    subtypes: take - ascertain or determine by measuring, computing or take a reading from a dial
    same as: find, get, incur, obtain
    verb group: acquire, get - come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
  3. Register (perceptual input) (synset 202111702)
    "pick up a signal"
    is a type of: comprehend, perceive - to become aware of through the senses
    subtypes: hear - receive a communication from someone
    same as: pick up
  4. Go through (mental or physical states or experiences) (synset 202112480)
    "get an idea"; "experience vertigo"; "get nauseous"; "receive injuries"; "have a feeling"
    entail: comprehend, perceive - to become aware of through the senses
    is a type of: undergo - pass through
    subtypes:
    same as: experience, get, have
  5. Express willingness to have in one's home or environs (synset 201472854)
    "The community warmly received the refugees"
    subtypes:
    • welcome - receive someone, as into one's house
    • absorb - assimilate or take in
    • see - receive as a specified guest
    • assume - take up someone's soul into heaven
    • induct - admit as a member
    same as: invite, take in
  6. Accept as true or valid (synset 200688780)
    "He received Christ"
    is a type of: accept - consider or hold as true
  7. Bid welcome to;
    Greet upon arrival (synset 200902346)
    is a type of: greet, recognise, recognize - express greetings upon meeting someone
    same as: welcome
  8. Convert into sounds or pictures (synset 200117154)
    "receive the incoming radio signals"
    is a type of: convert - change the nature, purpose, or function of something
  9. Experience as a reaction (synset 202745355)
    "My proposal met with much opposition"
    is a type of: experience, have - undergo
    same as: encounter, meet
  10. Have or give a reception (synset 202499160)
    "The lady is receiving Sunday morning"
    is a type of: celebrate, fete - have a celebration
  11. Receive as a retribution or punishment (synset 202113108)
    "He got 5 years in prison"
    same as: get
    verb group: catch, get - suffer from the receipt of
  12. Partake of the Holy Eucharist sacrament (synset 201175135)
    referred to in: christian religion, christianity - a monotheistic system of beliefs and practices based on the Old Testament and the teachings of Jesus as embodied in the New Testament and emphasizing the role of Jesus as savior
    is a type of: partake, touch - consume
  13. Regard favorably or with disapproval (synset 200618785)
    "Her new collection of poems was not well received"
    is a type of: consider, reckon, regard, see, view - deem to be

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