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Received

verb
/ɹɪˈsiːvd/
Word Frequency: 96.4

Definitions

1.verbTo take, as something that is offered, given, committed, sent, paid, etc.; to accept; to be given something.
"She received many presents for her birthday."
2.verbTo take goods knowing them to be stolen.
3.verbTo act as a host for guests; to give admittance to; to permit to enter, as into one's house, presence, company, etc.
"to receive a lodger, visitor, ambassador, messenger, etc."
4.verbTo incur (an injury).
"I received a bloody nose from the collision."
5.verbTo allow (a custom, tradition, etc.); to give credence or acceptance to.
6.verbTo detect a signal from a transmitter.
7.verbTo be in a position to take possession, or hit back the ball.
8.verbTo accept into the mind; to understand.
9.adjectiveGenerally accepted as correct or true.

Synonyms

acceptedacceptableprescriptivenormativeconventionalstandardacknowledgedacceptanceacceptingallowedapprovedhave

Rhymes With

aggrievedbereavedpeevedperceivedconceivedheavedachievedrelieved
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