receive

verb

1 get/accept sth

ADVERB

▪ regularly

▪ automatically

▪

You will automatically receive updates by text message.

▪ currently

▪

They currently receive subsidies from the government.

▪ just, recently

▪

I just received a call from a concerned parent.

▪ gratefully

▪

Any help or donations will be gratefully received.

VERB + RECEIVE

▪ be entitled to

▪

You might be entitled to receive housing benefit.

▪ expect to

▪

You can expect to receive compensation for all direct expenses arising out of the accident.

PREPOSITION

▪ from

▪

I received a package from my mother.

PHRASES

▪ send and receive, transmit and receive

▪

a device for sending and receiving electronic signals

2 react to sth in a particular way

ADVERB

▪ enthusiastically, favourably/favorably, warmly, well

▪

The play was very well received.

▪ badly

▪

The speech was badly received by Republican leaders.

PREPOSITION

▪ with

▪

The news was received with dismay.

Receive is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑aerial, ↑employee, ↑patient, ↑winner

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