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receive receivesreceivingreceivedreCv

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verbWhen you receive something, you get it after someone gives it to you or sends it to you.They will receive their awards at a ceremony in Stockholm.I received your letter of November 7.You can use receive to say that certain kinds of thing happen to someone. For example if they are injured, you can say that they received an injury .He received more of the blame than anyone when the plan failed to work.She was suffering from whiplash injuries received in a car crash.When you receive a visitor or a guest, you greet them.The following evening the duchess was again receiving guests.The shop assistant received me indifferently while leaning on a counter.If you say that something is received in a particular way, you mean that people react to it in that way.The resolution had been received with great disappointment within the organization.The proposals have been well received by many deputies.When a radio or television receives signals that are being transmitted, it picks them up and converts them into sound or pictures.The reception was a little faint but clear enough for him to receive the signal.If someone receives stolen goods, they buy or are given things that have been stolen.He went to prison for receiving stolen scrap iron.He received the shoes when stolen, and then passed them on to the men who would sell them. A2

word	receive
definition	verb When you receive something, you get it after someone gives it to you or sends it to you. They will receive their awards at a ceremony in Stockholm. I received your letter of November 7. You can use receive to say that certain kinds of thing happen to someone. For example if they are injured, you can say that they received an injury . He received more of the blame than anyone when the plan failed to work. She was suffering from whiplash injuries received in a car crash. When you receive a visitor or a guest, you greet them. The following evening the duchess was again receiving guests. The shop assistant received me indifferently while leaning on a counter. If you say that something is received in a particular way, you mean that people react to it in that way. The resolution had been received with great disappointment within the organization. The proposals have been well received by many deputies. When a radio or television receives signals that are being transmitted, it picks them up and converts them into sound or pictures. The reception was a little faint but clear enough for him to receive the signal. If someone receives stolen goods, they buy or are given things that have been stolen. He went to prison for receiving stolen scrap iron. He received the shoes when stolen, and then passed them on to the men who would sell them.
inflections	receivesreceivingreceivedreCv
cefr-level	A2

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