receive — OET

receive

verb

1 Tony received his award at a gala lunch in London | they received £650 in damages:

be given, be presented with, be awarded, collect, accept, have conferred on one;

get, obtain, gain, acquire, secure, come by, pick up, be provided with, take;

derive;

win, be paid, earn, gross, net, accrue;

inherit, come into;

informal cop.

▷antonyms give, present.

2 she received a letter from the council threatening court action:

be sent, be in receipt of;

accept delivery of, accept, take into one's possession.

▷antonyms send.

3 Alec received the news on Monday afternoon:

be told, be informed of, be notified of, be made aware of, hear, discover, find out (about), learn, gather, get wind of.

4 he received her suggestion with a complete lack of interest:

hear, listen to;

respond to, react to, take;

meet, greet.

5 she received a serious head injury:

experience, sustain, undergo, meet with, encounter, go through, be subjected to, come in for;

suffer, bear, endure.

6 the young couple looked radiant as they received their guests:

greet, welcome, say hello to, show in, usher in, admit, let in.

7 she's not receiving visitors:

entertain, be at home to.

receive Oxford Dictionary of English