Meaning of receive in English | Powered by Free Dictionary API

noun

• An operation in which data is received.

verb

• To take, as something that is offered, given, committed, sent, paid, etc.; to accept; to be given something.

  Example: She received many presents for her birthday.

• To take goods knowing them to be stolen.

• To act as a host for guests; to give admittance to; to permit to enter, as into one's house, presence, company, etc.

  Example: to receive a lodger, visitor, ambassador, messenger, etc.

• To incur (an injury).

  Example: I received a bloody nose from the collision.

• To allow (a custom, tradition, etc.); to give credence or acceptance to.

• To detect a signal from a transmitter.

• To be in a position to take possession, or hit back the ball.

• To accept into the mind; to understand.