receive
get something; come into possession of
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,136 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 16,204 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.008% of every word in the library.
What it means
verb
- get something; come into possession of also: have receive paymentreceive a gift
- receive a specified treatment also: get, find, obtain, incur These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretationHis movie received a good review
- register (perceptual input) also: pick up pick up a signal
- go through (mental or physical states or experiences) also: experience, have, get get an ideaexperience vertigo
- express willingness to have in one's home or environs also: take in, invite The community warmly received the refugees
- accept as true or valid He received Christ
receive in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Telemachus and Peisistratus arrive at Sparta, where Menelaus and Helen receive them kindly.
The Odyssey of Homer · 751? BCE-651? BCE Homer · Chapter 1
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They neither bring ruin upon others, nor ever receive it from alien hands.
The Picture of Dorian Gray · Oscar Wilde · Chapter 1
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You receive mountains of twenty-cent-pieces: you never return anything, neither a five-franc-piece, nor even a centime.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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Executioners, his aids, a couple by him stand, At a nod there the thongs to receive from his hand.
John Marr and Other Poems · Herman Melville · Chapter 1
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And the star, opening, showed him a great world of light, where many more such angels waited to receive them.
Famous Stories Every Child Should Know · Hamilton Wright [Editor] Mabie · Chapter 1