Dictionary Check: receive

"receive" is a valid word!

Scrabble 12 points
Words with Friends 14 points

Definition

verb

get something; come into possession of

Example: "receive payment"
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verb

receive a specified treatment (abstract)

Example: "These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation"
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verb

register (perceptual input)

Example: "pick up a signal"
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verb

go through (mental or physical states or experiences)

Example: "get an idea"
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verb

express willingness to have in one's home or environs

Example: "The community warmly received the refugees"
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verb

accept as true or valid

Example: "He received Christ"

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