1. receive - verb
· get something; come into possession of; "receive payment"; "receive a gift"; "receive letters from the front"
Synonym(s): have
2. receive - verb
· receive a specified treatment (abstract); "These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation"; "His movie received a good review"; "I got nothing but trouble for my good intentions"
Synonym(s): get, find, obtain, incur
Hypernym(s): change
3. receive - verb
· register (perceptual input); "pick up a signal"
Synonym(s): pick_up
Hypernym(s): perceive, comprehend
4. receive - verb
· go through (mental or physical states or experiences); "get an idea"; "experience vertigo"; "get nauseous"; "receive injuries"; "have a feeling"
Synonym(s): experience, have, get
Hypernym(s): undergo
5. receive - verb
· express willingness to have in one's home or environs; "The community warmly received the refugees"
6. receive - verb
· accept as true or valid; "He received Christ"
Hypernym(s): accept
7. receive - verb
· bid welcome to; greet upon arrival
Synonym(s): welcome
Hypernym(s): greet, recognize, recognise
8. receive - verb
· convert into sounds or pictures; "receive the incoming radio signals"
Hypernym(s): convert
9. receive - verb
· experience as a reaction; "My proposal met with much opposition"
Hypernym(s): have, experience
10. receive - verb
· have or give a reception; "The lady is receiving Sunday morning"
11. receive - verb
· receive as a retribution or punishment; "He got 5 years in prison"
Synonym(s): get
12. receive - verb
· partake of the Holy Eucharist sacrament
13. receive - verb
· regard favorably or with disapproval; "Her new collection of poems was not well received"
Hypernym(s): see, consider, reckon, view, regard
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