[rɪˈsiːv], (Verb)

Definitions:
- be given, presented with, or paid (something)
(e.g: the band will receive a £100,000 advance)

- suffer, experience, or be subject to (specified treatment)
(e.g: the event received wide press coverage)

- greet or welcome (a visitor) formally
(e.g: representatives of the club will be received by the Mayor)

- form (an idea or impression) as a result of perception or experience
(e.g: the impression she received was one of unhurried leisure)

- detect or pick up (broadcast signals)
(e.g: the systems work by comparing time signals received from different satellites)

- serve as a receptacle for
(e.g: the basin that receives your blood)

- (in tennis and similar games) be the player to whom the server serves (the ball)

- eat or drink (the Eucharistic bread or wine)
(e.g: he received Communion and left)


Phrases:
- be on the receiving end

Origin:
Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French receivre, based on Latin recipere, from re- ‘back’ + capere ‘take’