receive
Come into possession
To receive is to get something that comes to you from elsewhere—a package, a signal, a guest, a blow.
The word emphasizes the recipient's end of a transfer: you receive what someone else sends, gives, or delivers.
We received your letter yesterday.
The antenna receives signals from the satellite.
To receive can also mean to react to something in a particular way: The proposal was poorly received.
A receiver is someone or something that receives—a phone handset, a radio component, or a person appointed to manage assets in bankruptcy.
Consent to receive
- takeCapture or filmed segment
- agreeHold the same view
- consentVoluntary agreement given
- approveFormally accept or authorize
welcome · embrace · acknowledge · assent · acquiesce · comply · endorse · admit
Obtain or become
- obtainCome into possession of
- gainPositive return received
- collectBring items together
- gatherBring or come together
secure · procure · attain · earn · inherit · bequest · legacy · estate
Transmitted communication
- letterWritten symbol or message
- mailPostal system items
- emailDigital written communication
- packageWrapped item for delivery
parcel · delivery · news · word · notification · dispatch · telegram · fax
Perception or judgment
- detectNotice or discover
- discernPerceive with careful attention
- noticeBecome aware of
- observePerceive with attention
recognize · comprehend · understand · grasp · realize · absorb · apprehend · register
accept
Consent to receive
approve · welcome · embrace · acknowledge · assent · acquiesce · comply · endorse · admit · concede
get
Obtain or become
gather · secure · procure · attain · earn · inherit · bequest · legacy · estate · beneficiary
message
Transmitted communication
package · parcel · delivery · news · word · notification · dispatch · telegram · fax · postcard
sense
Perception or judgment
observe · recognize · comprehend · understand · grasp · realize · absorb · apprehend · register · process
antenna
Broadcast signal receiver
- tunerDevice selecting broadcast frequencies
- frequencyRate of recurrence
- radioElectromagnetic wave receiver
channel · satellite · wireless · cellular · bandwidth · transmitter · decoder · amplifier · spectrum · modulation
welcome
Hospitable greeting offered
admit · usher · accommodate · meet · guest · visitor · arrival · doorstep · threshold · open arms
- Accept synonymswelcome, embrace, adopt, acknowledge, admit
- data transferupload, download, send, transfer speed, file transfer
- money verbsdeposit, withdraw, transfer, spend, save
- Text & Messagingmessage, SMS, email, text, send
- tricky spellingsaccommodate, acknowledge, acquaintance, acquire, bureau
- phone actionscall, dial, text, answer, hang up
- on the receiving endTarget of an action
- gift receiptPrice-hidden purchase proof
- sales receiptRecord of purchase
- message receivedCommunication successfully understood
- wide receiverOffensive pass-catching position
- read receiptNotice message was opened
receipt, received, receiver, receiving, receipts, receives, receivers, receivable, receivership