receive

Everyday

1. To receive is to get something that someone gives or sends you. tree →
2. To receive people is to welcome them as guests. tree →
3. To receive a signal or a call is to pick it up, like a radio. tree →

In the lessons

to get things from someone; the receiver has more, the giver fewer; letters, gifts, prizes and messages are received; phrases: «receive a letter», «receive a prize», «well received» (liked)

Examples

• Max receives 1 marble from Zoe. tree →
• Anna received 6 letters this week. tree →
• Each child receives 3 stickers. tree →
• Did you receive my email? tree →
• She received a prize for her poem. tree →
• The radio cannot receive a signal in the tunnel. tree →
• We received a warm welcome from our hosts. tree →
• It is kind to say thank you when you receive a gift. tree →
• "I haven't received the money yet. tree →

Note

Spelling: «i before e except after c» — receive. «B receives N from A» is the same as «A gives N to B»: add for B. «each receives N» with K children is N × K.

In Jewish tradition

In Chronicles, David received men who came to him and made them captains. In Proverbs, a person receives the discipline of wisdom. In Job, the question is who received him at birth.

Interpretation. Receiving the discipline of wisdom is read by tradition as the goal of learning, which is taking in teaching and making it part of one's life.

Examples

• the two tribes and the half-tribe have received their inheritance beyond the Jordan at Jericho eastward, toward the sun-rising.' (Torah NUM.34.15, JPS 1917) tree →
• And now cursed art thou from the ground, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand. (Torah GEN.4.11, JPS 1917) tree →
• Yea, He loveth the peoples, all His holy ones — they are in Thy hand; and they sit down at Thy feet, receiving of Thy words. (Torah DEU.33.3, JPS 1917) tree →
• Why did the knees receive me? (Writings JOB.3.12, JPS 1917) tree →
• Then David received them, and made them captains of the band. (Writings 1CH.12.19, JPS 1917) tree →
• To receive the discipline of wisdom, justice, and right, and equity; (Writings PRO.1.3, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Spelling: «i before e except after c» — receive. «B receives N from A» is the same as «A gives N to B»: add for B. «each receives N» with K children is N × K.