Dictionary definition · receive
verb
- get something; come into possession of"receive payment"
- receive a specified treatment (abstract)"These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation"
- register (perceptual input)"pick up a signal"
- go through (mental or physical states or experiences)"get an idea"
- express willingness to have in one's home or environs"The community warmly received the refugees"
- accept as true or valid"He received Christ"
- bid welcome to; greet upon arrival
- convert into sounds or pictures"receive the incoming radio signals"
- experience as a reaction"My proposal met with much opposition"
- have or give a reception"The lady is receiving Sunday morning"
- receive as a retribution or punishment"He got 5 years in prison"
- partake of the Holy Eucharist sacrament
Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).