receive



receive - verb

  • 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

receive - thesaurus

encounter   experience   find   get   have   incur   invite   meet   obtain   welcome  


View spelling list cei words and learn about the word receive in the Spellzone English spelling course, Unit 21. The 'I' before 'e' rule – does it work?.

Scrabble score for receive

r is 1 e is 1 c is 3 e is 1 i is 1 v is 4 e is 1
Scrabble score = 12

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