receiving set
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6.1
- noun
- /rɪˈsiːvɪŋ sɛt/
- Archaic
:
receptor
- She adjusted the antenna on her receiving set to improve the signal quality.
Examples
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- … receiving set and me.
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The New Yorker magazine commented: "It has been demonstrated that a receiving set of great delicacy in New Jersey will get a new kind of static from the Milky Way.
Academic text (1991) -
Millions of people enjoy music and news through their receiving set every day.
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The receiving set allowed the family to listen to their favorite radio shows clearly.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
A small machine that plays music and news sent through the air
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3.4
A machine like a television or radio
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3.4
A device that picks up signals, for example a radio or television
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1.4
A machine with a screen that shows moving pictures and sound
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1.0
A machine with a screen that shows moving pictures and sound
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5.6
A device that sends and receives signals, like a radio
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4.4
A device that receives radio or television signals to give sound and pictures
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5.3
A device that receives radio broadcasts for people to listen to
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3.9
A device that picks up wireless signals and turns them into sound or data
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2.3
A machine that receives broadcasts through the air and plays them as sound
A set of devices that pick up radio or television signals
Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun phrase is a straightforward composition of 'receiving' (performing the action of receiving signals) modifying 'set' (a device/receiver), so the overall meaning 'a device that receives signals' is directly inferable. This is a regular participial adjective + noun pattern and matches common cross-linguistic device-naming logic, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents should understand it.
Etymology
The phrase receiving set comes from early radio days, when people had a wooden set of parts used for receiving voices and music from far away. That's why it means the device that 'picks up' radio signals and plays them.