- receive⇄receive, verb, -ceived,-ceiving.
- receive⇄v.i. 1. to be at home to friends and visitors.
Ex. She receives on Tuesdays.
2. (Radio, Television.) to change electrical waves broadcast through the air into sound or picture signals.
Ex. Our television receives well since we had a ne - receive⇄v.t. 1. to take (something offered or sent); take into one's hands or possession.
Ex. to receive gifts.
2. to have (something) bestowed, conferred, or granted.
Ex. to receive a name, to receive a degree.
3. to be given; get. <