receive

To get or accept something that is sent, given, or paid to you.

• Did you receive the package that I shipped yesterday?

• She rarely receives mail at her temporary address.

To experience or encounter a particular reaction, treatment, or injury.

• The proposal received strong support from the board of directors.

• He had received serious head injuries in the car accident.

To formally welcome, admit, or greet a visitor or guest.

• The hotel manager received the guests in the lobby.

• Guests are being received in the main banquet hall tonight.

To detect or pick up broadcast signals or electronic transmissions.

• My phone cannot receive any cellular signal inside this concrete basement.

• The satellite station receives high-frequency data streams continuously.