receive

Meanings

• get something; come into possession of
  • "receive payment"
  • "receive a gift"
  • "receive letters from the front"
• receive a specified treatment (abstract)
  • "These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation"
  • "His movie received a good review"
• register (perceptual input)
• go through (mental or physical states or experiences)
  • "receive injuries"
• 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
• have or give a reception
• receive as a retribution or punishment
• partake of the Holy Eucharist sacrament
• regard favorably or with disapproval
  • "Her new collection of poems was not well received"

Synonyms

encounter, experience, find, get, have, incur, invite, meet, obtain, pick up, take in, welcome