receive
verb
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Sense 1 verb
get something; come into possession of
receive payment
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Sense 2 verb
receive a specified treatment (abstract)
These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation
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Sense 3 verb
register (perceptual input)
pick up a signal
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Sense 4 verb
go through (mental or physical states or experiences)
get an idea
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Sense 5 verb
express willingness to have in one's home or environs
The community warmly received the refugees
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Sense 6 verb
accept as true or valid
He received Christ
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Sense 7 verb
bid welcome to; greet upon arrival
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Sense 8 verb
convert into sounds or pictures
receive the incoming radio signals
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Sense 9 verb
experience as a reaction
My proposal met with much opposition
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Sense 10 verb
have or give a reception
The lady is receiving Sunday morning
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Sense 11 verb
receive as a retribution or punishment
He got 5 years in prison
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Sense 12 verb
partake of the Holy Eucharist sacrament
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Sense 13 verb
regard favorably or with disapproval
Her new collection of poems was not well received
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Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | receipt |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | recipient |
| 1 | verb group | Related & opposite | accept |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | get |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | take up |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | hustle |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | accept |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | fence |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | graduate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | inherit |
| 2 | verb group | Related & opposite | get |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | take |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | receiver |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | sense organ |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | sensorya |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | perceive |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | hear |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | experience |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | experience |
| 4 | entails | Related & opposite | perceive |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | undergo |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | suffer |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | take |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | horripilate |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | invitation |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | receptive |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | welcome |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | absorb |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | see |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | assume |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | induct |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | receptive |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | receptive |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | accept |
| 7 | antonym | Related & opposite | say farewell |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | greeter |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | greet |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | receiver |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | convert |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | receptive |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | receptive |
| 9 | hypernym | Types & categories | experience |
| 10 | derivation | Related & opposite | reception |
| 10 | hypernym | Types & categories | fete |
| 11 | verb group | Related & opposite | catch |
| 12 | domain topic | Related & opposite | Christianity |
| 12 | hypernym | Types & categories | partake |
| 13 | derivation | Related & opposite | receptive |
| 13 | derivation | Related & opposite | receptive |
| 13 | hypernym | Types & categories | regard |