received

Definition

  • adjective: widely accepted
  • adjective: generally accepted
  • synonyms: christian, accepted, acclaimed

Examples

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

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

  • What was radical thinking in times past has become 'received wisdom' today.

Movie quotes

  • (..) and your you are Supermanzana. You are flavorful san. You are so organic. So natural. You are the apple of my life. At the beginning of September, they received a call of the police, when the patrol car of highways he/she found Chris' abandoned car. A group of searchers he/she rushed to the desert. (..)
    2007 Into the Wild