receive

get something; come into possession of

• “receive payment”
• “receive a gift”
• “receive letters from the front”

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”

recieve (perceptual input)

• “pick up a signal”

of mental or physical states or experiences

• “get an idea”
• “experience vertigo”
• “get nauseous”
• “undergo a strange sensation”
• “The chemical undergoes a sudden change”
• “The fluid undergoes shear”
• “receive injuries”
• “have a feeling”

express willingness to have in one''s home or environs

• “The community warmly received the refugees”

accept as true or valid

• “He received Christ”

bid welcome to; greet upon arrival

convert into sounds or pictures

• “receive the incoming radio signals”

experience as a reaction

• “My proposal met with much opposition”

have or give a reception

• “The lady is receiving Sunday morning”

receive as a retribution or punishment

• “He got 5 years in prison”

partake of the Holy Eucharist sacrament

regard favorably or with disapproval

• “Her new collection of poems was not well received”