Receive | Mean of receive in English Dictionary

/rɪˈsiːv/

• Verb
• to get or be given (something)
1. You will be charged a late fee if the electric company does not receive your payment on time.
2. I received a letter/call from her yesterday.
3. You will receive a discount if you spend over $100.
4. This spring he'll receive [=be awarded] his PhD in physics.
• to react to (something) in a specified way
1. She received the news of his death with remarkable calmness.
2. Her new book was well/poorly received by the critics. [=the critics liked/disliked her new book]
3. The results of the study were received with considerable skepticism.
• to welcome (someone) in usually a formal way
1. The ambassador received [=greeted] his guests as they arrived at the party.

• to accept (someone) as a member of an organization, church, etc.
1. She was received into the church/university.
• to suffer (an injury)
1. He received [=got] a broken nose when he slipped and fell on the ice.
• to be given (a punishment)
1. She received a heavy sentence from the judge.
• to experience or take (a medical treatment)
1. He receives an injection once a week to treat his allergies.
2. Only one of the patients receiving the new treatment is experiencing bad side effects.
3. He received a kidney transplant.
• to get (signals that are sent to a television, radio, etc.)
1. We were unable to receive the broadcast.
2. A satellite receives the signals and then sends them back to earth.
• to be able to hear (someone who is talking to you on a radio)
1. I'm receiving you loud and clear.
• to be the player or team to which the ball is kicked when play begins
1. They won the coin toss and chose to receive.
2. They chose to receive the kickoff.
• to buy or take (goods that have been stolen) illegally
1. He was found guilty of receiving stolen goods.