receive - English word #443

Translation

To get or take something that someone gives or sends to you.

Word origin

From Latin recipere, meaning to take back or take in, which reached English through Old French.

Verb typeregular (receive, receives, received)

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"Receive" means to get something sent to you.

lot emails .

"Receives" is the form used with he, she, or it.

gift .

"Received" is the past form of "receive".

get

To receive or obtain something, or to become a certain way.

take

To get hold of something and carry it, or to move it with you.

give

To hand something to someone so it becomes theirs to have or use.

send

To make something go from one place to another, like a letter or a message.

hold

To have something in your hands or arms and keep it there.

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