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Meaning of receive

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  receive
      v 1: get something; come into possession of; "receive payment";
           "receive a gift"; "receive letters from the front" [syn:
           {receive}, {have}]
      2: 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" [syn: {receive},
         {get}, {find}, {obtain}, {incur}]
      3: register (perceptual input); "pick up a signal" [syn: {pick
         up}, {receive}]
      4: go through (mental or physical states or experiences); "get
         an idea"; "experience vertigo"; "get nauseous"; "receive
         injuries"; "have a feeling" [syn: {experience}, {receive},
         {have}, {get}]
      5: express willingness to have in one's home or environs; "The
         community warmly received the refugees" [syn: {receive},
         {take in}, {invite}]
      6: accept as true or valid; "He received Christ"
      7: bid welcome to; greet upon arrival [syn: {welcome},
         {receive}] [ant: {say farewell}]
      8: convert into sounds or pictures; "receive the incoming radio
         signals"
      9: experience as a reaction; "My proposal met with much
         opposition" [syn: {meet}, {encounter}, {receive}]
      10: have or give a reception; "The lady is receiving Sunday
          morning"
      11: receive as a retribution or punishment; "He got 5 years in
          prison" [syn: {get}, {receive}]
      12: partake of the Holy Eucharist sacrament
      13: regard favorably or with disapproval; "Her new collection of
          poems was not well received"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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