1. (

• receive ,
• have ,

) get something; come into possession of; "receive payment"; "receive a gift"; "receive letters from the front" ;

2. (

• receive ,
• get ,
• find ,
• obtain ,
• incur

) 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" ;

3. (

• pick_up ,
• receive

) register (perceptual input); "pick up a signal" ;

4. (

• experience ,
• receive ,
• have ,
• get

) go through (mental or physical states or experiences); "get an idea"; "experience vertigo"; "get nauseous"; "receive injuries"; "have a feeling" ;

5. (

• receive ,
• take_in ,
• invite ,

) express willingness to have in one's home or environs; "The community warmly received the refugees" ;

6. (

• receive

) accept as true or valid; "He received Christ" ;

7. (

• welcome ,
• receive

) bid welcome to; greet upon arrival ;

8. (

• receive

) convert into sounds or pictures; "receive the incoming radio signals" ;

9. (

• meet ,
• encounter ,
• receive

) experience as a reaction; "My proposal met with much opposition" ;

10. (

• receive

) have or give a reception; "The lady is receiving Sunday morning" ;

11. (

• get ,
• receive ,

) receive as a retribution or punishment; "He got 5 years in prison" ;

12. (

• receive

) partake of the Holy Eucharist sacrament ;

13. (

• receive ,

) regard favorably or with disapproval; "Her new collection of poems was not well received" ;