"receiving" in the verb sense
1. receive, have
get something come into possession of
"receive payment"
"receive a gift"
"receive letters from the front"
2. receive, get, find, obtain, incur
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"
3. pick up, receive
register (perceptual input
"pick up a signal"
4. experience, receive, have, get
go through (mental or physical states or experiences
"get an idea"
"experience vertigo"
"get nauseous"
"receive injuries"
"have a feeling"
5. receive, take in, invite
express willingness to have in one's home or environs
"The community warmly received the refugees"
6. receive
accept as true or valid
"He received Christ"
7. welcome, receive
bid welcome to greet upon arrival
8. receive
convert into sounds or pictures
"receive the incoming radio signals"
9. meet, encounter, receive
experience as a reaction
"My proposal met with much opposition"
10. receive
have or give a reception
"The lady is receiving Sunday morning"
11. get, receive
receive as a retribution or punishment
"He got 5 years in prison"
12. receive
partake of the Holy Eucharist sacrament
13. receive
regard favorably or with disapproval
"Her new collection of poems was not well received"
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