Canadian French Meaning of receive

recevoir

Other Canadian French words related to recevoir

Definitions and Meaning of receive in English

Wordnet

receive (v)

get something; come into possession of

receive a specified treatment (abstract)

register (perceptual input)

go through (mental or physical states or experiences)

express willingness to have in one's home or environs

accept as true or valid

bid welcome to; greet upon arrival

convert into sounds or pictures

experience as a reaction

have or give a reception

receive as a retribution or punishment

partake of the Holy Eucharist sacrament

regard favorably or with disapproval

Webster

receive (v. t.)

To take, as something that is offered, given, committed, sent, paid, or the like; to accept; as, to receive money offered in payment of a debt; to receive a gift, a message, or a letter.

Hence: To gain the knowledge of; to take into the mind by assent to; to give admission to; to accept, as an opinion, notion, etc.; to embrace.

To allow, as a custom, tradition, or the like; to give credence or acceptance to.

To give admittance to; to permit to enter, as into one's house, presence, company, and the like; as, to receive a lodger, visitor, ambassador, messenger, etc.

To admit; to take in; to hold; to contain; to have capacity for; to be able to take in.

To be affected by something; to suffer; to be subjected to; as, to receive pleasure or pain; to receive a wound or a blow; to receive damage.

To take from a thief, as goods known to be stolen.

To bat back (the ball) when served.

Webster

receive (v. i.)

To receive visitors; to be at home to receive calls; as, she receives on Tuesdays.

To return, or bat back, the ball when served; as, it is your turn to receive.

FAQs About the word receive

recevoir

get something; come into possession of, receive a specified treatment (abstract), register (perceptual input), go through (mental or physical states or experien

admettre,Entrer,prendre,Bienvenue,confirmer,Divertis,bourse d'études,ratifier

interdiction,bar,déclin,rejeter,refuser,rejeter,désapprouver,désapprouver,bannir,Boule noire

receivables => comptes clients, receivable => créance, receivability => recevabilité, receit => reçu, receipts => reçus,