to receive

Examples

• All

• The testimony has been received in the case.

  Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)

• If there is no objection, the exhibit will be received in evidence.

  Anatomy of a Murder (1959)

• We have to receive it in the right spirit.

  A Thousand Acres (1997)

• So it's like God freed me so that I can receive what was better for me.

  Stephan Speaks

• I think that you will only accept and as a result receive in your life what you see is acceptable.

  Bedros Keuilian

• Fewer than half indicated that they had expected to receive any college credit for university study.

  Academic text (1991)

• De la Madrid promised environmental issues would receive increased priority in his administration.

  Academic text (1991)

• Every music teacher has philosophical beliefs about those who should receive a musical education.

  Academic text (2013)

• An aisle opened, which Arthur rode down to receive the crown from the bishop's hands.

  Fiction book (1991)

• Before beginning our ritual, I asked him if he wanted to receive the sacrament of reconciliation.

  Academic text (1991)

Synonyms

B

to believe

vsto receive

∞ 1.0

Accept that something is true or trust a person

is a formal or ritual assent rather than private conviction

A

to accept

vsto receive

∞ 1.3

To believe or agree that something is true

is a personal or religious assent rather than formal approval

R

to recognize

vsto receive

• Formal

377 1.4

To accept something as official or valid

is a personal or religious assent rather than institutional confirmation

A

to acknowledge

vsto receive

367 3.8

To admit that something is true or real

is a private or faith based assent rather than public admission

Antonyms

R

to reject

839 1.9

Refuse to accept someone or something

D

to disbelieve

14 4.7

To not accept that something is true

Phrasal Verbs

R

to receive a compliment

1 2.3

To get praise from someone for something you did

How Receptive

to embrace

390 3.9

to accept

∞ 1.3

to receive

• Formal

77 3.0

to consider

∞ 1.8

to question

777 3.5

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology