Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to receive
Participle: received
Gerund: receiving
Indicative
Present
| I | receive |
| you | receive |
| he;she;it | receives |
| we | receive |
| you | receive |
| they | receive |
Perfect
| I | have received |
| you | have received |
| he;she;it | has received |
| we | have received |
| you | have received |
| they | have received |
Past
| I | received |
| you | received |
| he;she;it | received |
| we | received |
| you | received |
| they | received |
Pluperfect
| I | had received |
| you | had received |
| he;she;it | had received |
| we | had received |
| you | had received |
| they | had received |
Future
| I | will receive |
| you | will receive |
| he;she;it | will receive |
| we | will receive |
| you | will receive |
| they | will receive |
Future Perfect
| I | will have received |
| you | will have received |
| he;she;it | will have received |
| we | will have received |
| you | will have received |
| they | will have received |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | receive |
| you | receive |
| he;she;it | receive |
| we | receive |
| you | receive |
| they | receive |
Perfect
| I | have received |
| you | have received |
| he;she;it | have received |
| we | have received |
| you | have received |
| they | have received |
Imperfect
| I | received |
| you | received |
| he;she;it | received |
| we | received |
| you | received |
| they | received |
Pluperfect
| I | had received |
| you | had received |
| he;she;it | had received |
| we | had received |
| you | had received |
| they | had received |
Conditional
Present
| I | would receive |
| you | would receive |
| he;she;it | would receive |
| we | would receive |
| you | would receive |
| they | would receive |
Perfect
| I | would have received |
| you | would have received |
| he;she;it | would have received |
| we | would have received |
| you | would have received |
| they | would have received |
Imperative
| you | receive |
| we | Let's receive |
| you | receive |
Verbs conjugated like 'receive'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'receive'
deceive,
receave,
deceave,
perceive,
recarve,
recede,
receipt,
recense,
rechime,
recite,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to receive or accept something
- take
- receive
- fang, get, give
- be accepted
- accept, sit, welcome, well
- to acquire or gain
- score
- take
- fang, take
- to gain possession of something
- accept, acquire, attain, cop, enlist, gain, garner, get, get hold of, get one's hands on, land, lay hands on, lay hold of, obtain, procure, score, secure, snag, take, win
- Especially by chance or involuntarily.
- come by
- To receive a thing given or imposed.
- fang
- get
- obtain, accept, secure, admit, acquire
- undergo
- experience, endure, abide, stand, bear, suffer, take
- greet
- host, admit, entertain, accommodate
Antonyms
- to take something that does not belong to one
- buy, earn, purchase, return, steal
- to move, shift, provide something abstract or concrete to someone or something or somewhere
- take, give
- to gain possession of something
- get rid of, give, lose, sell, unacquire, unget
- to cause something to cease to be in one's possession
- acquire, find, possess, lose
- get
- lose, forsake, renounce, relinquish
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1300, from O.N.Fr.
receivre (O.Fr.
recoivre), from L.
recipere "regain, take back," from
re- "back" +
-cipere, comb. form of
capere "to take" (see capable). Radio and television sense is attested from 1908.
Receiver as a telephone apparatus is from 1877; in ref. to a radio unit it is recorded from 1891; in U.S. football sense it dates from 1897.
Receptive is attested from 1547.
2. From Middle English receyven, from Old French receivre, from Latin recipere (“take back, accept, etc.”), from re- (“back”) + capiō (“to take”); see capacious. Compare conceive, deceive, perceive. Displaced native Middle English terms in -fon/-fangen (e.g. afon, anfon, afangen, underfangen, etc. "to receive" from Old English -fōn), native Middle English thiggen (“to receive”) (from Old English þiċġan), and non-native Middle English aquilen, enquilen (“to receive”) (from Old French aquillir, encueillir). See: Middle English '
receyven', Old French '
recevoir', Latin '
recipiō', Old English '
fon'.
Verbs referencing "receive"
Ido recevar.
Sample Sentences
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[...] alongside; the bags are dragged in anyhow, and flung down for the moment anywhere. Three cheers more: and as the first one rings upon our ears, the vessel throbs like a strong giant that has just received the breath of life; the two great wheels turn fiercely round for the first time; and the noble ship, with wind and tide astern, breaks proudly through the lashed and roaming water.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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As we did not land at Boston, in consequence of some detention at the wharf, until after dark, I received my first impressions of the city in walking down to the Custom-house on the morning after our arrival, which was Sunday. I am afraid to say, by the way, how many offers of pews and seats in church [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] or curtain, the prisoner within is at all times exposed to the observation and inspection of any guard who may pass along that tier at any hour or minute of the night. Every day, the prisoners receive their dinner, singly, through a trap in the kitchen wall; and each man carries his to his sleeping cell to eat it, where he is locked up, alone, for that purpose, one hour. The whole of this [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] who had been tried and sentenced by the law, and could not be made available for any such fanciful purposes; he was exhorted to abstain from intoxicating drinks, as he surely might if he would; and received other very good advice, with which he retired, exceedingly dissatisfied with the result of his application.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] it is possible that I may be of a cold and insensible temperament, amounting to iciness, in such matters; and therefore my impressions of the live pillars of the Capitol at Washington must be received with such grains of allowance as this free confession may seem to demand.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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The advice I received in most quarters when I began to yield to my desire of travelling towards that point of the compass was, according to custom, sufficiently cheerless: my companion being threatened with more perils, [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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The tickets we have received on board the steamboat are marked No. 1, so we belong to coach No. 1. I throw my coat on the box, and hoist my wife and her maid into the inside. It has only one step, and that being about a [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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GENTLEMAN INSIDE (looking out ). ‘Why, what on airth—’ Gentleman receives a variety of splashes and draws his head in again, without finishing his question or waiting for an answer.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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“ O, but nobody thinks anything of these traders ! They are universally despised,—never received into any decent society. ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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Impressed by the deep solemnity of the public announcement, I (being then ignorant of these usages ) was for hurrying on board in a breathless state, immediately; but receiving private and confidential information that the boat would certainly not start until Friday, April the First, we made ourselves very comfortable in the mean while, and went on board at noon that day.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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As per the information we have received What is the price of this engine ?
(Magudam)