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receives
We have found lemma(root) word of receives : receive.
Definitions
[rɪˈsiːv], (Verb)
Definitions:
- be given, presented with, or paid (something)
(e.g: the band will receive a £100,000 advance)
- suffer, experience, or be subject to (specified treatment)
(e.g: the event received wide press coverage)
- greet or welcome (a visitor) formally
(e.g: representatives of the club will be received by the Mayor)
- form (an idea or impression) as a result of perception or experience
(e.g: the impression she received was one of unhurried leisure)
- detect or pick up (broadcast signals)
(e.g: the systems work by comparing time signals received from different satellites)
- serve as a receptacle for
(e.g: the basin that receives your blood)
- (in tennis and similar games) be the player to whom the server serves (the ball)
- eat or drink (the Eucharistic bread or wine)
(e.g: he received Communion and left)
Phrases:
- be on the receiving end
Origin
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Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French receivre, based on Latin recipere, from re- ‘back’ + capere ‘take’
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