v.
- be given, presented with, or paid.
▸take delivery of.
▸consent to hear (an oath or confession).
▸buy or accept (goods known to be stolen).
- suffer, experience, or be subject to.
▸respond to in a specified way:
her first novel was well received.
▸meet with (a specified reaction).
▸
[as adj. received]
widely accepted as authoritative or true.
- form (an idea or impression) from an experience.
- greet or welcome formally.
▸be visited by.
▸admit as a member.
- detect or pick up (broadcast signals).
- serve as a receptacle for.
- (in tennis and similar games) be the player to whom the server serves (the ball).
Phrase
- be at
(or on)
the receiving end
informal be subjected to something unpleasant.
Etymology
ME: from Anglo-Norman Fr. receivre, based on L. recipere, from re- ‘back’ + capere ‘take’.