receive

To get something that someone sends, gives, or pays you.

• I received your email yesterday.
• Employees receive their pay on Fridays.
• Have you received the parcel I sent?

How to use it: receive something from someone (I received a postcard from my aunt.)

Similar words: get, obtain

Opposites: send, give

Common phrases: receive a letter, receive payment, receive something from someone, receive a gift

To get an injury when something hurts your body.

• She received a small cut.
• Two passengers received serious injuries in the crash.
• He received a blow to the head during the fight.

Similar words: suffer, sustain

Common phrases: receive an injury, receive a blow, receive serious wounds

To welcome visitors and let them enter your home or another place.

• The queen will receive guests tonight.
• He received the visitors in his office.
• Where will the president receive the delegation?

Similar words: welcome, host

Common phrases: receive guests, receive visitors, receive an ambassador