/rɪˈsiːv/
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.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- recipere
- English cognates
- receipt, recipe
Grammar
Examples
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"Receive" means to get something sent to you.
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"Receives" is the form used with he, she, or it.
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"Received" is the past form of "receive".
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