Topic: SOCIOLOGY
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| Date: | 1300-1400 |
| Language: | Old North French |
| Origin: | receivre, from Latin recipere, from capere 'to take' |
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re‧ceive S1 W1
[transitive]
[transitive]1 to be given something [= get]: All the children will receive a small gift.
be given something
All the children will receive a small gift.2 to get a letter, message, or telephone call, or something which someone has sent you
be sent something
formal receive something from somebody He received a letter from his insurance company.
He received a letter from his insurance company.3 if you receive a particular type of medical treatment, it is done to you :
treatment
formalMIMH4 to react in a particular way to a suggestion, idea, performance etc [↪ reception]: He received the news in silence.
reaction to something
[usually passive]He received the news in silence.5 to be the person who is affected by someone else's actions, usually in an unpleasant way : She found herself on the receiving end of racist abuse.
be on/at the receiving end (of something)
She found herself on the receiving end of racist abuse.7 to officially accept someone as a guest or member of a group
people
formalSS8
by radio
a) TCB if a radio or television receives radio waves or other signals, it makes them become sounds or pictures
b) TCB to be able to hear a radio message that someone is sending : Receiving you loud and clear!'
Receiving you loud and clear!'