receive: 意味と定義

To hear or see (information, for example): receive bad news; received a good report of the group's activities.

To take or acquire (something given, offered, or transmitted); get.

To have (a title, for example) bestowed on oneself.

To meet with; experience: receive sympathetic treatment.

To have inflicted or imposed on oneself: receive a penalty.

To bear the weight or force of; support: The beams receive the full weight of the walls and roof.

To take or intercept the impact of (a blow, for example).

To take in, hold, or contain: a tank that receives rainwater.

To admit: receive new members.

To greet or welcome: receive guests.

To perceive or acquire mentally: receive a bad impression.

To regard with approval or disapproval: essays that were received well.

To listen to and acknowledge formally and authoritatively: The judge received their oath of allegiance.

To acquire or get something; be a recipient.

To admit or welcome guests or visitors: The couple are not receiving this winter.

To partake of the Eucharist.

Electronics To convert incoming electromagnetic waves into visible or audible signals.

Football To catch or take possession of a kicked ball.