convert into sounds or pictures; "receive the incoming radio signals";
receive a specified treatment (abstract); "These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation"; "His movie received a good review"; "I got nothing but trouble for my good intentions";
regard favorably or with disapproval; "Her new collection of poems was not well received";
accept as true or valid; "He received Christ";
bid welcome to; greet upon arrival;
partake of the Holy Eucharist sacrament;
express willingness to have in one''s home or environs; "The community warmly received the refugees";
recieve (perceptual input); "pick up a signal";
of mental or physical states or experiences; "get an idea"; "experience vertigo"; "get nauseous"; "undergo a strange sensation"; "The chemical undergoes a sudden change"; "The fluid undergoes shear"; "receive injuries"; "have a feeling";
receive as a retribution or punishment; "He got 5 years in prison";
get something; come into possession of; "receive payment"; "receive a gift"; "receive letters from the front";
have or give a reception; "The lady is receiving Sunday morning";
experience as a reaction; "My proposal met with much opposition";
