receive

  • 61receive someone with open arms — welcome/receive/someone with open arms phrase to be very happy to see someone or to let them stay with you Allied troops were welcomed with open arms. Thesaurus: to welcome or greet, and to say hellosynonym Main entry: open …

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  • 62receive — verb /ɹɪsiːv/ a) to get, to be given something while the other party is the active partner (opposite: to obtain). She received a lot of presents for her birthday. b) to take possession of I received a bloody nose from the collision. See Also:… …

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  • 63receive — Synonyms and related words: abide by, accede, accept, accept for gospel, accept implicitly, acclaim, acknowledge receipt of, acquiesce, acquiesce in, acquire, admit, agree, agree to, agree with, applaud, ascertain, assent, assimilate, assume, be… …

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  • 64receive — re·ceive || rɪ sɪːv v. get, accept; absorb, take in; host, accommodate …

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  • 65receive —    to be prepared to see an unexpected guest    A usage of those whose privacy is guarded by servants:     She is [in], but I gotta go through all that etiquette shit and see if she s receiving. (Sanders, 1992) …

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  • 66receive — þicgan, onfon …

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  • 67receive — verb 1》 be given, presented with, or paid.     ↘take delivery of.     ↘consent to hear (an oath or confession).     ↘buy or accept (goods known to be stolen). 2》 suffer, experience, or be subject to.     ↘respond to in a specified way: her first… …

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  • 68receive — v. a. 1. Take, accept, derive, obtain, acquire, get. 2. Admit, take in. 3. Entertain, welcome, greet. 4. Allow, permit, tolerate. 5. Believe, embrace, give credence to. 6. Hold, contain, have capacity for, retain, admit. 7. Suffer …

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  • 69receive — verb 1) Toni received an award they received $650 in damages Syn: be given, be presented with, be awarded, collect, garner; get, obtain, gain, acquire; win, be paid, earn, gross, net …

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  • 70receive — v 1. get, come by, realize, succeed to, inheriti come into, fall into; gain, derive, obtain, acquire; take in, harvest, garner, reap, gather, collect, glean; (all usu. of wages) earn, make, draw, Sl. pull down, gross, clear, net, Inf. take home,… …

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