receive

Definition

  • verb: to get or be given (something)
  • verb: to come into possession of
  • often used as '(be) received'
  • synonyms: acquire, allow, take

Examples

  • Her new book 'was' well/poorly 'received' by the critics. [=the critics liked/disliked her new book]

  • You will be charged a late fee if the electric company does not 'receive' your payment on time.

  • The ambassador 'received' [='greeted'] his guests as they arrived at the party.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) We still don't know how it started. The World Health Organization has created a vaccine that works as a kind of camouflage, making people who receive it invisible to the infected. We bought ourselves some time. Volunteer forces are delivering the vaccine to areas that have been cordoned off. (..)
    2013 World War Z