Synonyms: receive
Definition: convert into sounds or pictures
Usage: receive the incoming radio signals
Similar words: convert
Definition: change the nature, purpose, or function of something
Usage: convert lead into gold; convert hotels into jails; convert slaves to laborers
Synonyms: incur, get, obtain, receive, find
Definition: receive a specified treatment (abstract)
Usage: 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
Similar words: change
Definition: undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature
Usage: She changed completely as she grew older; The weather changed last night
Synonyms: receive
Definition: regard favorably or with disapproval
Usage: Her new collection of poems was not well received
Similar words: reckon, regard, consider, view, see
Definition: deem to be
Usage: She views this quite differently from me; I consider her to be shallow; I don't see the situation quite as negatively as you do
Synonyms: receive
Definition: accept as true or valid
Usage: He received Christ
Similar words: accept
Definition: consider or hold as true
Usage: I cannot accept the dogma of this church; accept an argument
Definition: bid welcome to; greet upon arrival
Synonyms: receive
Definition: partake of the Holy Eucharist sacrament
Definition: register (perceptual input)
Usage: pick up a signal
Similar words: comprehend, perceive
Definition: to become aware of through the senses
Usage: I could perceive the ship coming over the horizon
Synonyms: receive, experience, get, have
Definition: go through (mental or physical states or experiences)
Usage: get an idea; experience vertigo; get nauseous; receive injuries; have a feeling
Similar words: undergo
Definition: pass through
Usage: The chemical undergoes a sudden change; The fluid undergoes shear; undergo a strange sensation
Definition: get something; come into possession of
Usage: receive payment; receive a gift; receive letters from the front
Definition: come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
Usage: She got a lot of paintings from her uncle; They acquired a new pet; Get your results the next day; Get permission to take a few days off from work
Synonyms: receive
Definition: have or give a reception
Usage: The lady is receiving Sunday morning
Similar words: celebrate, fete
Definition: have a celebration
Usage: They were feting the patriarch of the family; After the exam, the students were celebrating
Synonyms: encounter, meet, receive
Definition: experience as a reaction
Usage: My proposal met with much opposition