noun · verb · 24 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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/ɹɪˈsiːv/
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rhymes with -iːv
CMU ARPABET:R AH0 S IY1 V
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
CMU ARPABET 2:R IH0 S IY1 V
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
CMU ARPABET 3:R IY0 S IY1 V
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
An operation in which data is received.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Narrower terms: take in, take up, hustle, accept, fence, graduate, inherit
23
verb
Meaning 23
have or give a reception
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
The lady is receiving Sunday morning
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: celebrate, fete
24
verb
Meaning 24
experience as a reaction
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
My proposal met with much opposition
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: meet, encounter
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: have, experience
History
Etymology
From Middle English receyven, from Old French receivre, from Latin recipere (“take back, accept, etc.”), from re- (“back”) + capiō (“to take”); see capacious. Compare conceive, deceive, perceive. Displaced native Middle English terms in -fon/-fangen (e.g. afon, anfon, afangen, underfangen, etc. "to receive" from Old English -fōn), native Middle English thiggen (“to receive”) (from Old English þiċġan), and non-native Middle English aquilen, enquilen (“to receive”) (from Old French aquillir, encueillir).
Across languages
Translations
214 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
kry
— to take what is offered, accept from another
Afrikaans:
ontvang
— to take what is offered, accept from another
Albanian:
marr
— to take what is offered, accept from another
Arabic:
اِسْتَقْبَلَ
(istaqbala)
— to take what is offered, accept from another
Arabic:
اِسْتَلَمَ
(istalama)
— to take what is offered, accept from another
Arabic:
استقبل
(istaʔbil)
— to take what is offered, accept from another
Armenian:
ստանալ
(stanal)
— to take what is offered, accept from another
Aromanian:
dixescu
— to take what is offered, accept from another
Aromanian:
dhixescu
— to take what is offered, accept from another
Asturian:
recibir
— to take what is offered, accept from another
Azerbaijani:
almaq
— to take what is offered, accept from another
Bangi:
yamba
— to take what is offered, accept from another
Belarusian:
атры́мліваць
(atrýmlivacʹ)
— to take what is offered, accept from another
Belarusian:
атрыма́ць
(atrymácʹ)
— to take what is offered, accept from another
Bengali:
পাওয়া
(paōẇa)
— to take what is offered, accept from another
Bulgarian:
получа́вам
(polučávam)
— to take what is offered, accept from another
Bulgarian:
полу́ча
(polúča)
— to take what is offered, accept from another
Burmese:
ခံ
(hkam)
— to take what is offered, accept from another
Catalan:
rebre
— to take what is offered, accept from another
Catalan:
recebre
— to take what is offered, accept from another
Chinese Cantonese:
收到
— to take what is offered, accept from another
Chinese Mandarin:
收到
(shōudào)
— to take what is offered, accept from another
Chinese Mandarin:
接到
(jiēdào)
— to take what is offered, accept from another
Ngazidja Comorian:
hwerewa
— to take what is offered, accept from another
Ngazidja Comorian:
uhundra
— to take what is offered, accept from another
Cornish:
degemeres
— to take what is offered, accept from another
Czech:
obdržet
— to take what is offered, accept from another
Czech:
dostat
— to take what is offered, accept from another
Danish:
få
— to take what is offered, accept from another
Dutch:
krijgen
— to take what is offered, accept from another
Dutch:
ontvangen
— to take what is offered, accept from another
Esperanto:
ricevi
— to take what is offered, accept from another
Estonian:
saama
— to take what is offered, accept from another
Finnish:
saada
— to take what is offered, accept from another
French:
recevoir
— to take what is offered, accept from another
Old French:
receivre
— to take what is offered, accept from another
Old French:
recevoir
— to take what is offered, accept from another
Old French:
reçoivre
— to take what is offered, accept from another
North Frisian:
füünj
— to take what is offered, accept from another
North Frisian:
fu
— to take what is offered, accept from another
Friulian:
ricevi
— to take what is offered, accept from another
Galician:
recibir
— to take what is offered, accept from another
Georgian:
მიღება
(miɣeba)
— to take what is offered, accept from another
German:
bekommen
— to take what is offered, accept from another
German:
erhalten
— to take what is offered, accept from another
German:
empfangen
— to take what is offered, accept from another
German:
kriegen
— to take what is offered, accept from another
Gothic:
𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌽𐌹𐌼𐌰𐌽
(andniman)
— to take what is offered, accept from another
Greek:
δέχομαι
(déchomai)
— to take what is offered, accept from another
Greek:
λαμβάνω
(lamváno)
— to take what is offered, accept from another
Ancient Greek:
δέχομαι
(dékhomai)
— to take what is offered, accept from another
Hebrew:
קיבל
(kibél)
— to take what is offered, accept from another
Hindi:
प्राप्त करना
(prāpt karnā)
— to take what is offered, accept from another
Hindi:
अगवानी करना
(agvānī karnā)
— to take what is offered, accept from another
Hindi:
ग्रहण करना
(grahaṇ karnā)
— to take what is offered, accept from another
Hindi:
लेना
(lenā)
— to take what is offered, accept from another
Hungarian:
kap
— to take what is offered, accept from another
Icelandic:
fá
— to take what is offered, accept from another
Ingrian:
saavva
— to take what is offered, accept from another
Interlingua:
reciper
— to take what is offered, accept from another
Irish:
faigh
— to take what is offered, accept from another
Old Irish:
ad·cota
— to take what is offered, accept from another
Italian:
ricevere
— to take what is offered, accept from another
Japanese:
受け取る
(uketoru)
— to take what is offered, accept from another
Japanese:
貰う
(morau)
— to take what is offered, accept from another
Japanese:
受ける
(ukeru)
— to take what is offered, accept from another
Japanese:
頂く
(itadaku)
— to take what is offered, accept from another
Javanese:
tampa
— to take what is offered, accept from another
Old Javanese:
tampa
— to take what is offered, accept from another
Old Javanese:
tarima
— to take what is offered, accept from another
Kambera:
kei
— to take what is offered, accept from another
Kazakh:
алу
(alu)
— to take what is offered, accept from another
Khmer:
ទទួល
(tɔtuəl)
— to take what is offered, accept from another
Korean:
받다
(batda)
— to take what is offered, accept from another
Kyrgyz:
алуу
(aluu)
— to take what is offered, accept from another
Ladin:
rezever
— to take what is offered, accept from another
Lao:
ຮັບ
(hap)
— to take what is offered, accept from another
Latin:
recipiō
— to take what is offered, accept from another
Latin:
accipiō
— to take what is offered, accept from another
Latvian:
saņemt
— to take what is offered, accept from another
Lingala:
yamba
— to take what is offered, accept from another
Lithuanian:
gauti
— to take what is offered, accept from another
Macedonian:
до́бива
(dóbiva)
— to take what is offered, accept from another
Macedonian:
до́бие
(dóbie)
— to take what is offered, accept from another
Malay:
terima
— to take what is offered, accept from another
Manchu:
ᠠᠯᡳᠮᠪᡳ
(alimbi)
— to take what is offered, accept from another
Māori:
tūtohi
— to take what is offered, accept from another
Māori:
tūtohu
— to take what is offered, accept from another
Mongolian:
хүлээн авах
(xüleen avax)
— to take what is offered, accept from another
Mongolian:
худалдаж авах
(xudaldaž avax)
— to take what is offered, accept from another
Norman:
r'chéver
— to take what is offered, accept from another
Norwegian Bokmål:
få
— to take what is offered, accept from another
Norwegian Nynorsk:
få
— to take what is offered, accept from another
Occitan:
recebre
— to take what is offered, accept from another
Old Occitan:
recebre
— to take what is offered, accept from another
Persian:
دریافت کردن
(daryâft kardan)
— to take what is offered, accept from another
Persian:
گرفتن
(gereftan)
— to take what is offered, accept from another
Polish:
dostać
— to take what is offered, accept from another
Polish:
otrzymać
— to take what is offered, accept from another
Portuguese:
receber
— to take what is offered, accept from another
Portuguese:
ganhar
— to take what is offered, accept from another
Quechua:
chaskiy
— to take what is offered, accept from another
Romanian:
primi
— to take what is offered, accept from another
Romanian:
recepționa
— to take what is offered, accept from another
Russian:
получа́ть
(polučátʹ)
— to take what is offered, accept from another
Russian:
получи́ть
(polučítʹ)
— to take what is offered, accept from another
Scottish Gaelic:
faigh
— to take what is offered, accept from another
Serbo-Croatian:
примити
— to take what is offered, accept from another
Serbo-Croatian:
primiti
— to take what is offered, accept from another
Slovak:
dostať
— to take what is offered, accept from another
Slovak:
obdržať
— to take what is offered, accept from another
Slovene:
prejeti
— to take what is offered, accept from another
Lower Sorbian:
pśiwześ
— to take what is offered, accept from another
Spanish:
recibir
— to take what is offered, accept from another
Swahili:
pokea
— to take what is offered, accept from another
Swedish:
få
— to take what is offered, accept from another
Swedish:
ta emot
— to take what is offered, accept from another
Swedish:
motta
— to take what is offered, accept from another
Swedish:
erhålla
— to take what is offered, accept from another
Tagalog:
tumanggap
— to take what is offered, accept from another
Tajik:
дарёфт кардан
(daryoft kardan)
— to take what is offered, accept from another
Tajik:
гирифтан
(giriftan)
— to take what is offered, accept from another
Tatar:
алырга
(alırğa)
— to take what is offered, accept from another
Thai:
รับ
(ráp)
— to take what is offered, accept from another
Turkish:
almak
— to take what is offered, accept from another
Turkmen:
almak
— to take what is offered, accept from another
Ukrainian:
отри́мувати
(otrýmuvaty)
— to take what is offered, accept from another
Ukrainian:
отри́мати
(otrýmaty)
— to take what is offered, accept from another
Uzbek:
olmoq
— to take what is offered, accept from another
Vietnamese:
nhận
— to take what is offered, accept from another
Vietnamese:
lĩnh
— to take what is offered, accept from another
Vietnamese:
thu
— to take what is offered, accept from another
Welsh:
cael
— to take what is offered, accept from another
Welsh:
derbyn
— to take what is offered, accept from another
Yiddish:
מקבל זײַן
(mkbl zayn)
— to take what is offered, accept from another
Yiddish:
קריגן
(krign)
— to take what is offered, accept from another
Zou:
nga
— to take what is offered, accept from another
Afrikaans:
ontvang
— to take possession of
Arabic:
اِسْتَلَمَ
(istalama)
— to take possession of
Armenian:
ստանալ
(stanal)
— to take possession of
Bulgarian:
получа́вам
(polučávam)
— to take possession of
Catalan:
rebre
— to take possession of
Chinese Mandarin:
收
(shōu)
— to take possession of
Czech:
přijmout
— to take possession of
Czech:
obdržet
— to take possession of
Czech:
dostat
— to take possession of
Dutch:
ontvangen
— to take possession of
Finnish:
ottaa vastaan
— to take possession of
Finnish:
saada
— to take possession of
French:
recevoir
— to take possession of
Galician:
recibir
— to take possession of
German:
empfangen
— to take possession of
German:
erhalten
— to take possession of
Hindi:
लेना
(lenā)
— to take possession of
Hungarian:
megkap
— to take possession of
Italian:
ricevere
— to take possession of
Japanese:
受け取る
(uketoru)
— to take possession of
Korean:
받다
(batda)
— to take possession of
Māori:
whiwhi
— to take possession of
Norman:
r'chéver
— to take possession of
Portuguese:
receber
— to take possession of
Romanian:
primi
— to take possession of
Russian:
получа́ть
(polučátʹ)
— to take possession of
Russian:
получи́ть
(polučítʹ)
— to take possession of
Spanish:
recibir
— to take possession of
Swahili:
pokea
— to take possession of
Swedish:
mottaga
— to take possession of
Swedish:
motta
— to take possession of
Afrikaans:
ontvang
— to act as a host for guests
Arabic:
اِسْتَقْبَلَ
(istaqbala)
— to act as a host for guests
Arabic:
يَسْتَقْبِل
(yastaqbil)
— to act as a host for guests
Arabic:
الاِسْتِقبَال
— to act as a host for guests
Azerbaijani:
qonaq qəbul etmək
— to act as a host for guests
Bulgarian:
прие́мам
(priémam)
— to act as a host for guests
Cherokee:
ᎠᏯᏂᎭ
(ayaniha)
— to act as a host for guests
Ngazidja Comorian:
urenga
— to act as a host for guests
Dutch:
ontvangen
— to act as a host for guests
Estonian:
võõrustama
— to act as a host for guests
Finnish:
ottaa vastaan
— to act as a host for guests
Finnish:
vastaanottaa
— to act as a host for guests
French:
recevoir
— to act as a host for guests
Galician:
recibir
— to act as a host for guests
German:
empfangen
— to act as a host for guests
Ancient Greek:
δέχομαι
(dékhomai)
— to act as a host for guests
Ido:
aceptar
— to act as a host for guests
Central Kurdish:
پێشوازی کردن
(pêşwazî kirdin)
— to act as a host for guests
Māori:
taupaepae
— to act as a host for guests
Māori:
tuku
— to act as a host for guests
Māori:
rāhiri
— to act as a host for guests
Norwegian Bokmål:
ta imot
— to act as a host for guests
Norwegian Nynorsk:
ta imot
— to act as a host for guests
Russian:
принима́ть
(prinimátʹ)
— to act as a host for guests
Russian:
приня́ть
(prinjátʹ)
— to act as a host for guests
Swedish:
ta emot
— to act as a host for guests
Ukrainian:
прийма́ти
(pryjmáty)
— to act as a host for guests
Volapük:
lasumön
— to act as a host for guests
Afrikaans:
ontvang
— telecommunications: to detect a signal
Azerbaijani:
tutmaq
— telecommunications: to detect a signal
Catalan:
rebre
— telecommunications: to detect a signal
Dutch:
ontvangen
— telecommunications: to detect a signal
Finnish:
vastaanottaa
— telecommunications: to detect a signal
Finnish:
ottaa vastaan
— telecommunications: to detect a signal
French:
recevoir
— telecommunications: to detect a signal
Galician:
recibir
— telecommunications: to detect a signal
German:
empfangen
— telecommunications: to detect a signal
Hungarian:
fog
— telecommunications: to detect a signal
Russian:
получа́ть
(polučátʹ)
— telecommunications: to detect a signal
Russian:
получи́ть
(polučítʹ)
— telecommunications: to detect a signal
Russian:
лови́ть
(lovítʹ)
— telecommunications: to detect a signal
Russian:
пойма́ть
(pojmátʹ)
— telecommunications: to detect a signal
Russian:
ула́вливать
(ulávlivatʹ)
— telecommunications: to detect a signal
Russian:
улови́ть
(ulovítʹ)
— telecommunications: to detect a signal
Swedish:
motta
— telecommunications: to detect a signal
Swedish:
ta emot
— telecommunications: to detect a signal
