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(verb) convert into sounds or pictures, of incoming radio signals |
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Related Words: convert |
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(verb) receive a specified treatment (abstract); "These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation"; "His movie received a good review"; "I got nothing but trouble for my good intentions" |
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Synonyms: find, get, incur, obtain |
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Related Words: change, take |
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(verb) accept as true or valid; "He received Christ" |
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Related Words: accept |
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(verb) partake of the Eucharist, in a Christian church |
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Related Words: partake, touch |
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(verb) express willingness to have in one's home or environs; "The community warmly received the refugees" |
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Synonyms: invite, take in |
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Related Words: assume, see, welcome |
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(verb) get something; come into possession of; "receive payment"; "receive a gift"; "receive letters from the front" |
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Synonyms: have |
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Related Words: accept, acquire, fence, get, graduate, take in, take up |
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(verb) have or give give a reception; "The lady is receiving Sunday morning" |
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Related Words: celebrate, fete |
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(verb) bid welcome to; greet upon arrival |
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Synonyms: welcome |
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Related Words: greet, recognize |
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(verb) of perceptual input: receive a signal, receive news, receive a verdict, etc. |
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Synonyms: pick up |
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Related Words: comprehend, hear, perceive |
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(verb) of mental or bodily states or experiences: "get an idea"; "experience vertigo"; "get nauseous"; "undergo a strange sensation"; "The fluid undergoes shear"; "receive injuries"; "have a feeling" |
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Synonyms: experience, get, have, undergo |
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Related Words: get, have, suffer, sustain, take |
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(verb) receive as a retribution or punishment; "He got 5 years in prison" |
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Synonyms: get |
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(verb) experience as a reaction; "My proposal met with much opposition" |
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Synonyms: encounter, meet |
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Related Words: experience, have |
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