receive
v 1: get something; come into possession of; "receive payment";
"receive a gift"; "receive letters from the front" [syn:
{have}]
2: 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" [syn: {get},
{find}, {obtain}, {incur}]
3: of perceptual input: receive a signal, receive news, receive
a verdict, etc. [syn: {pick up}]
4: of mental or bodily states or experiences: "get an idea";
"experience vertigo"; "get nauseous"; "undergo a strange
sensation"; "The fluid undergoes shear"; "receive
injuries"; "have a feeling" [syn: {experience}, {have}, {get},
{undergo}]
5: express willingness to have in one's home or environs; "The
community warmly received the refugees" [syn: {take in}, {invite}]
6: accept as true or valid; "He received Christ"
7: bid welcome to; greet upon arrival [syn: {welcome}] [ant: {say
farewell}]
8: convert into sounds or pictures, of incoming radio signals
9: experience as a reaction; "My proposal met with much
opposition" [syn: {meet}, {encounter}]
10: have or give give a reception; "The lady is receiving Sunday
morning"
11: receive as a retribution or punishment; "He got 5 years in
prison" [syn: {get}]
12: partake of the Eucharist, in a Christian church