What is the meaning of received?

verb

  • Get something; come into possession of.
    • usage: "receive payment"; "receive a gift"; "receive letters from the front"
  • Receive a specified treatment (abstract. )
    • usage: "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"
  • Register (perceptual input. )
    • usage: "pick up a signal"
  • Go through (mental or physical states or experiences. )
    • usage: "get an idea"; "experience vertigo"; "get nauseous"; "receive injuries"; "have a feeling"
  • Express willingness to have in one's home or environs.
    • usage: "The community warmly received the refugees"
  • Accept as true or valid.
    • usage: "He received Christ"
  • Bid welcome to; greet upon arrival.
  • Convert into sounds or pictures.
    • usage: "receive the incoming radio signals"
  • Experience as a reaction.
    • usage: "My proposal met with much opposition"
  • Have or give a reception.
    • usage: "The lady is receiving Sunday morning"
  • Receive as a retribution or punishment.
    • usage: "He got 5 years in prison"
  • Partake of the Holy Eucharist sacrament.
  • Regard favorably or with disapproval.
    • usage: "Her new collection of poems was not well received"

adjective

  • Conforming to the established language usage of educated native speakers) "standard English" (American); "received standard English is sometimes called the King's English" (British.
  • Widely accepted as true or worthy. "a received moral idea"; "Received political wisdom says not; surveys show otherwise- Economist
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APAWordNet. (2010). received. Retrieved September 20, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/received/definitions/1181988
ChicagoWordNet. 2010. "received" http://smartdefine.org/received/definitions/1181988 (accessed September 20, 2026).
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MLAWordNet. "received" 23 October 2010. Web. 20 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/received/definitions/1181988>
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