receives

/ษนษชหˆsiหvz/

IPA: /R AH0 S IY1 V Z/

noun
  1. 1

    An operation in which data is received.

verb
  1. 1

    To take, as something that is offered, given, committed, sent, paid, etc.; to accept; to be given something.

    โ€œShe received many presents for her birthday.โ€

  2. 2

    To take goods knowing them to be stolen.

  3. 3

    To act as a host for guests; to give admittance to; to permit to enter, as into one's house, presence, company, etc.

    โ€œto receive a lodger, visitor, ambassador, messenger, etc.โ€

  4. 4

    To incur (an injury).

    โ€œI received a bloody nose from the collision.โ€

  5. 5

    To allow (a custom, tradition, etc.); to give credence or acceptance to.

  6. 6

    To detect a signal from a transmitter.

  7. 7

    To be in a position to take possession, or hit back the ball.

  8. 8

    To accept into the mind; to understand.

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/receive, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/receives