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The correct spelling is receive.
How to pronounce receive
/ɹɪˈsiːv/
nounIPA: /ɹɪˈsiːv/
Say it like: Rec-ayv-e
The correct spelling is receive. An operation in which data is received. For example: "She received many presents for her birthday."
Usage Examples
“She received many presents for her birthday.”
“to receive a lodger, visitor, ambassador, messenger, etc.”
“I received a bloody nose from the collision.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.An operation in which data is received.
verb
- 1.To take, as something that is offered, given, committed, sent, paid, etc.; to accept; to be given something.
- 2.To take goods knowing them to be stolen.
- 3.To act as a host for guests; to give admittance to; to permit to enter, as into one's house, presence, company, etc.
- 4.To incur (an injury).
- 5.To allow (a custom, tradition, etc.); to give credence or acceptance to.
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