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🎁 To get 👏 To be given 📡 To get signals 🤝 To welcome ✅ To accept as true ✝️ To take Communion
to receive

to receive

173 1.6
To greet and welcome someone into a place or group
  • verb
  • /rɪˈsiːv/
translation icon : recibir
  • It's a pleasure to receive you in our house.
  • receive visitors

How do you feel you've been received as a bike as a BMX rider?

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Examples

  • So today, are you and you ready to receive the blessing?

  • Here the girls receive the finest attention the state can provide.

    Hitler's Children (1943)

  • Oh, it's so funny to receive you after so long, girl.

  • My wife has asked me to receive you as a friend.

    Wuthering Heights (1970)

  • Herring and I will be waiting at the capital to receive you.

    The Great Dictator (1940)

  • Allow yourself to receive the greeting of gratitude.

  • Like the Apostles, all those who receive the Spirit at Pentecost are given power for testimony.

    Academic text (2008)

  • Put your hands together now and let's receive our youth pastor, Brother [inaudible].

    Due Season (2022)

  • p104 At six o'clock, Nona was surprised and pleased to receive a call from Vince D'Ambrosio.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • It was an honor to receive you at our annual charity event.

Synonyms

to meet
vsto receive
∞ 1.0

To go to a place to greet someone when they arrive

focuses more on admitting or taking people into a place or group
to accept
vsto receive
793 1.0

To take something someone offers, for example a gift or invitation

is about admitting people into places or groups rather than taking things
to welcome
vsto receive
583 1.0

Greet someone in a friendly way when they arrive

is broader and includes admitting people into a place or group
to greet
vsto receive
248 1.0

To say hello or welcome someone when you meet them

is broader and also covers admitting people into a place or group
to greet someone warmly
vsto receive
2 1.8

Welcome someone with warm words and a smile

is a broader term also covering simple hello or admitting people
to roll out the welcome mat
vsto receive
  • Informal
1 4.8

Make someone feel very welcome by giving special care

is less specific and covers ordinary reception or admitting people
to greet at the door
vsto receive
2.1

Meet someone at the door to welcome them

is broader, covering many ways of admitting people into a place

Antonyms

to reject
839 1.9

Refuse to accept someone or something

to dismiss
110 2.7

To tell people to leave a meeting or room

Phrasal Verbs

to receive a compliment
1 2.3

To get praise from someone for something you did

How Welcoming

embrace
20 3.4
to welcome
583 1.0
to receive
173 1.6
to greet
248 1.0
to let in
252 1.0

Surface Forms

receive infinitive
received past
received past participle
receiving present participle
receives third person singular

Morphology

receive = re + ceive

The apparent prefix 're-' and root 'ceive' are from Latin combining forms; 'ceive' is not a standalone English word and the prefix does not function transparently for learners, so the meaning cannot be reliably derived from the parts.

Etymology

Receive comes from Latin recipere, from re- 'back' and capere 'to take', so it is like 'taking in' a person. That's why to receive someone means to greet or welcome them into a place or group.