VERB | possession | receive, have | get something |
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change | receive, get, find, obtain, incur | receive a specified treatment (abstract) | |
perception | receive, pick up | register (perceptual input) | |
perception | receive, experience, have, get | go through (mental or physical states or experiences) | |
contact | receive, take in, invite | express willingness to have in one's home / home or environs | |
cognition | receive | accept as true or valid | |
communication | receive, welcome | bid welcome to | |
change | receive | convert into sounds or pictures | |
stative | receive, meet, encounter | experience as a reaction | |
social | receive | have or give a reception | |
perception | receive, get | receive as a retribution or punishment | |
consumption | receive | partake of the Holy Eucharist sacrament | |
cognition | receive | regard favorably or with disapproval |
Sounds | rahsiy'v; rihsiy'v; riysiy'v | |
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Rhymes | achieve ... weave: 34 rhymes with iyv... |
Meaning | Get something; come into possession of. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s something from somebody | |
Model | The banks receive the check; They receive the money; They receive more bread | |
Examples |
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Synonym | have | |
Narrower | accept | Receive (a report) officially, as from a committee |
fence | Receive stolen goods | |
graduate | Receive an academic degree upon completion of one's studies | |
hustle | Get by trying hard | |
inherit | Receive by genetic transmission | |
take in, take up | Accept | |
Broader | get, acquire | Come into the possession of something concrete or abstract |
Similar to | accept, take, have | Receive willingly something given or offered |
Spanish | recibir | |
Catalan | rebre | |
Nouns | reception | the act of receiving |
recipient, receiver | a person who receives something |
Meaning | Receive a specified treatment (abstract). | |
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Pattern | Something ----s | |
Examples |
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Synonyms | get, find, obtain, incur | |
Narrower | take | Ascertain or determine by measuring, computing or take a reading from a dial |
Broader | change | Undergo a change |
Similar to | get, acquire | Come into the possession of something concrete or abstract |
Spanish | adquirir, encontrar, obtener, recibir | |
Catalan | obtenir |
Meaning | register (perceptual input). | |
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Pattern | Something ----s something | |
Model | They receive the information to them | |
Synonym | pick up | |
Narrower | hear | Receive a communication from someone |
Broader | perceive, comprehend | To become aware of through the senses |
Spanish | captar, recibir | |
Adjectives | receptive | of a nerve ... / nerve fiber or impulse originating outside and passing toward the central nervous system |
Nouns | receiver | set that receives radio or tv signals |
receptor | an organ having nerve endings (in the skin or viscera or eye or ear or nose or mouth) that respond to stimulation |
Meaning | go through (mental or physical states or experiences). | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
Example | "receive injuries" | |
Synonyms | experience, have, get | |
Entails | perceive, comprehend | To become aware of through the senses |
Narrower | horripilate | Have one's hair stand on end and get goosebumps |
suffer, sustain, have, get | Undergo (as of injuries and illnesses) | |
take | Experience or feel or submit to | |
Broader | undergo | Pass through |
Spanish | experimentar, tener | |
Catalan | experimentar, tenir |
Meaning | Express willingness to have in one's home / home or environs. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
Model | Sam cannot receive Sue | |
Example | "The community warmly received the refugees" | |
Synonyms | take in, invite | |
Narrower | absorb | assimilate or take in |
assume | Take up someone's soul into heaven | |
induct | Admit as a member | |
see | Receive as a specified guest | |
welcome | Receive someone, as into one's house | |
Spanish | acoger, convidar, invitar, recibir, solicitar | |
Catalan | convidar, rebre | |
Adjectives | receptive | open to arguments, ideas, or change |
Meaning | Accept as true or valid. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
Example | "He received Christ" | |
Broader | accept | Consider or hold as true |
Adjectives | receptive | ready or willing to receive favorably |
receptive | open to arguments, ideas, or change |
Meaning | bid welcome to; greet upon arrival. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
Synonym | welcome | |
Broader | greet, recognize, recognise | Express greetings upon meeting someone |
Opposite | say farewell | say good-bye or bid farewell |
Spanish | acoger, dar la bienvenida, recibir | |
Catalan | donar la benvinguda, rebre |
Meaning | convert into sounds or pictures. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Example | "receive the incoming radio signals" | |
Broader | convert | change the nature, purpose, or function of something |
Spanish | decodificar, descifrar, recibir | |
Catalan | rebre | |
Nouns | receiver | set that receives radio or tv signals |
Meaning | Experience as a reaction. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
Synonyms | meet, encounter | |
Broader | have, experience | Undergo |
Spanish | encontrarse, encontrar, recibirse, recibir | |
Adjectives | receptive | ready or willing to receive favorably |
receptive | open to arguments, ideas, or change |
Meaning | Have or give a reception. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
Broader | celebrate, fete | Have a celebration |
Spanish | recepcionar | |
Nouns | reception | a formal party of people |
Meaning | Receive as a retribution or punishment. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Synonym | get | |
Similar to | catch, get | Suffer from the receipt of |
Spanish | cobrar, recibir | |
Catalan | cobrar, rebre |
Meaning | partake of the Holy Eucharist sacrament. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something | |
Category | Christianity, Christian religion | A monotheistic system of beliefs and practices based on the Old Testament and the teachings of Jesus as embodied in the New Testament and emphasizing the role of Jesus as savior |
Broader | partake, touch | consume |
Spanish | recibir |
Meaning | Regard favorably or with disapproval. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
Example | "Her new collection of poems was not well received" | |
Broader | see, consider, reckon, view, regard | deem to be |
Adjectives | receptive | ready or willing to receive favorably |
receptive | open to arguments, ideas, or change |
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