to receive

Examples

• All

• We also find that those detained are more likely to receive jail sentences instead of probation.

  Academic text (2017)

• I received your report.

  Emmanuelle (2024)

• I think I might have just received my first Christmas cards.

• Those who win all six games will receive a handsome cash prize.

• At the end, the winner receives a special gift of light.

• You will each receive an identity disc.

  Tron (1982)

• Its graduates were the first women to receive Harvard degrees.

• You're so lucky to receive such valuable information.

  Wayne Goss

• We applied to renew our grant and received funding for 10 years of follow-up.

  Academic text (2017)

• I was thrilled to receive my acceptance letter from the university.

Synonyms

G

to get

vsto receive

∞ 1.0

To receive something, for example by buying it or finding it

focuses on being given or handed to someone rather than any acquisition method

H

to have

vsto receive

∞ 1.0

To receive or be given something

is about being given something rather than simply holding possession

O

to obtain

vsto receive

619 2.6

To get something by asking or working for it

is used for being given without stressing effort or asking

C

to come into

vsto receive

105 3.9

To receive money or property unexpectedly, often after someone dies

refers to being given generally, not only by chance or inheritance

Antonyms

G

to give

∞ 1.0

To hand something to someone, for example a present

Phrasal Verbs

R

to receive a compliment

1 2.3

To get praise from someone for something you did

How Active

to obtain

619 2.6

to get

∞ 1.0

to receive

∞ 1.0

to stumble

171 2.8

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology