adj
Meaning 1
receiving
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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adj
receiving
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
One who receives.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Synonyms: addressee
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noun
A person receiving donor organs or tissues.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, sciences
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noun
The portion of an alembic or other still in which the distilled liquid is collected.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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noun
the semantic role of the animate entity that is passively involved in the happening denoted by the verb in the clause
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: recipient role
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Broader terms: semantic role, participant role
noun
a person who receives something
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: receiver
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: acquirer
Narrower terms: addressee, alienee, grantee, annuitant, assignee, beneficiary, donee, borrower, conferee, consignee, dependant, dependent, heir, inheritor, heritor, honoree, host, mandatary, mandatory, payee, protege, sendee, transferee, warrantee
History
Borrowed from Middle French récipient, from Latin recipiēns, present participle of recipiō (“to receive”).
Across languages
142 source translations are retained for this English entry.