receive

(verb) get something; come into possession of. Synonyms: have. Examples: "Receive payment." "Receive a gift." "Receive letters from the front."

(verb) receive a specified treatment (abstract). Synonyms: get, find, obtain, incur. Examples: "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."

(verb) register (perceptual input). Synonyms: pick up. Examples: "Pick up a signal."

(verb) go through (mental or physical states or experiences). Synonyms: experience, have, get. Examples: "Get an idea." "Experience vertigo." "Get nauseous." "Receive injuries." "Have a feeling."

(verb) express willingness to have in one's home or environs. Synonyms: take in, invite. Examples: "The community warmly received the refugees."

(verb) accept as true or valid. Examples: "He received christ."

(verb) bid welcome to; greet upon arrival. Synonyms: welcome.

(verb) convert into sounds or pictures. Examples: "Receive the incoming radio signals."

(verb) experience as a reaction. Synonyms: meet, encounter. Examples: "My proposal met with much opposition."

(verb) have or give a reception. Examples: "The lady is receiving sunday morning."

(verb) receive as a retribution or punishment. Synonyms: get. Examples: "He got 5 years in prison."

(verb) partake of the Holy Eucharist sacrament.

(verb) regard favorably or with disapproval. Examples: "Her new collection of poems was not well received."