FluentPlex

receive

/ɹɪˈsiv/ noun C2
  1. An operation in which data is received.

Plural receives

+ Save to review

From the library

Mycroft draws four hundred and fifty pounds a year, remains a subordinate, has no ambitions of any kind, will receive neither honour nor title, but remains the most indispensable man in the country.”
Sherlock Holmes: The Bruce-Partington Plans, p. 3 · B2
AN OLD WOMAN having lost the use of her eyes, called in a Physician to heal them, and made this bargain with him in the presence of witnesses: that if he should cure her blindness, he should receive from her a sum of money; but if her infirmity remained, she should give him nothing.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 23 · B2
“You ridiculed the idea of my ever being able to help you, not expecting to receive from me any repayment of your favour; now you know that it is possible for even a Mouse to confer benefits on a Lion.”
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 1 · B2
de Salvieux, who recommends him to me, I entreat your majesty to receive him graciously.”
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 94 · C1

Other matches

Learn receive in real texts

With a free account, hover any word in the library for its meaning, hear it read aloud, save words for review timed to your memory, and see how much of each book you already know.

Create free account
Words, meanings, pronunciations and translations from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); how common each word is from wordfreq. Made into this dictionary by FluentPlex.