receive
Definition
- v. get something; come into possession of
- v. receive a specified treatment (abstract)
- v. express willingness to have in one's home or environs
- v. accept as true or valid
Word forms
- Past participle
- received
- Past tense
- received
- Present participle
- receiving
- Third person singular
- receives
Example sentences
vt.
I was excited to receive a letter from my best friend.
vi.
The manager will receive visitors in her office this afternoon.
v.
The device is designed to receive signals from the satellite.