Received Receive Rɪˈsiːv Receiving Call Accept I Verb

• to receive a letter/present/phone call
• to receive information/payment/thanks
• he received an award for bravery from the police service.
• we received a warm welcome from our hosts.

receive

1. to get or accept something that is sent or given to you
• to receive a letter/present/phone call
• to receive information/payment/thanks
• He received an award for bravery from the police service.
2. to experience or be given a particular type of treatment or an injury
• We received a warm welcome from our hosts.
• Emergency cases will receive professional attention immediately.
• to receive severe injuries
3. to react to something new, in a particular way
• The play was well received by the critics.
• The proposals have been favourably received by most political commentators.
• The statistics were received with concern.
4. to welcome or entertain a guest, especially formally
• He was received as an honoured guest at the White House.
5. to officially recognize and accept somebody as a member of a group
• Three young people were received into the Church at Easter.
6. to change broadcast signals into sounds or pictures on a television, radio, etc.
• to receive programmes via satellite
7. to be able to hear a radio message that is being sent by somebody
• I'm receiving you loud and clear.
8. to buy or accept goods that you know have been stolen
9. to be the player that the server hits the ball to
• See related entries: Tennis
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/topic/tennis/receive_2
• She won the toss and chose to receive.
10. to be the person that an action, etc. is directed at, especially an unpleasant one
• She found herself on the receiving end of a great deal of criticism.

Extra Examples

• Any help or donations will be gratefully received.
• I just received a call from a concerned parent.
• I received a package from my mother.
• The news was received with dismay.
• The play was very well received.
• The speech was badly received by Republican leaders.
• They currently receive subsidies from the government.
• You can expect to receive compensation for all direct expenses arising out of the accident.
• You might be entitled to receive housing benefit.
• You will automatically receive updates by text message.
• a device for sending and receiving electronic signals
• I’ve just received this letter from an old friend.
• Please let me know as soon as you receive payment.
• Several of the passengers received severe injuries.

Verb Forms

• present simple I / you / we / they receive
• he / she / it receives
• past simple received
• past participle received
• -ing form receiving

Word Origin

• Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French receivre, based on Latin recipere, from re- ‘back’ + capere ‘take’.