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01. Harry's mother gave him an admiring look as he walked up to the stage to [receive] his award.
02. The wedding will be held at 3:00, and the [reception] will start at 5:00 at a nearby restaurant.
03. I've kept the [receipt] for the clothes I bought you, so if something doesn't fit, you can take it back.
04. The [recipient] of this year's Nobel Peace Prize will be announced tomorrow.
05. Karen Sunde once suggested that to love is to [receive] a glimpse of heaven.
06. It has been said that women constitute half the world's population, perform nearly two-thirds of its work hours, [receive] one-tenth of the world's income, and own less than one-hundredth of the world's property.
07. Simon Whitfield has [received] numerous offers for advertising contracts since winning the gold medal in the triathlon at the Sydney Olympics.
08. Our seasonal temperatures depend on the amount of heat we [receive] from the sun.
09. Bright stars appear bright simply because our eyes [receive] more energy per second from them than from faint stars.
10. There is an Ecuadorian proverb which observes that hands that give also [receive].
11. There is a Spanish proverb which states that he who asks the fewest favors is the best [received].
12. When people first started sending letters in Britain, it was the [recipient] who paid the postage.
13. Despite her highly successful career in film, Marilyn Monroe never [received] an Academy Award nomination.
14. The junk mail that Americans [receive] in one day could produce enough energy to heat 250,000 homes.
15. The Italian city of Verona, where Shakespeare's lovers Romeo and Juliet lived, [receives] about 1,000 letters addressed to Juliet every Valentine's Day.
16. People who have an open, [receptive] attitude towards a foreign language are more likely to learn from their language experiences.
17. Your mind has to be [receptive], fresh and motivated for learning to take place when you are studying a second language.
18. On the islands of the Maldives, a newborn child [receives] its name on the seventh day after its birth.
19. The fertile valleys of Yemen [receive] enough rain to produce an abundance of tropical plants.
20. This year's [recipient] of the award for the top student is Melanie Henderson, a grade 8 student in Mrs. Jackson's class.
21. In Bahrain, petroleum production and refining account for about 60% of export [receipts].
22. Each time you take a breath of air, [receptors] in your lungs send a signal that regulates the length of time before your next breath.

Grammatical examples in English. 2013.

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  • Receive — Re*ceive (r[ e]*s[=e]v ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Received} (r[ e]*s[=e]vd ); p. pr. & vb. n. {Receiving}.] [OF. receveir, recevoir, F. recevoir, fr. L. recipere; pref. re re + capere to take, seize. See {Capable}, {Heave}, and cf. {Receipt},… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • receive — receive, accept, admit, take can all mean to permit to come into one s possession, presence, group, mind, or substance. They are seldom interchangeable except within a narrow range and, even then, rarely without modification of the thought… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • receive — [ri sēv′] vt. received, receiving [ME receiven < Anglo Fr receivre < OFr < L recipere < re , back + capere, to take: see HAVE] 1. to take or get (something given, offered, sent, etc.); acquire or accept 2. to encounter; experience [to …   English World dictionary

  • receive — I (acquire) verb accept, accipere, assume, be given, capere, catch, collect, come by, derive, draw, earn, gain, gather, get, inherit, make, obtain, pick up, pocket, procure, realize, reap, secure, seize, take, take in, take possession, win… …   Law dictionary

  • Receive — Re*ceive (r[ e]*s[=e]v ), v. i. 1. To receive visitors; to be at home to receive calls; as, she receives on Tuesdays. [1913 Webster] 2. (Lawn Tennis) To return, or bat back, the ball when served; as, it is your turn to receive. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • receive — [v1] accept delivery of something accept, acquire, admit, apprehend, appropriate, arrogate, assume, be given, be informed, be in receipt of, be told, catch, collect, come by, come into, cop*, corral*, derive, draw, earn, gain, gather, get, get… …   New thesaurus

  • receive —   [engl.], empfangen …   Universal-Lexikon

  • receive — (v.) c.1300, from O.N.Fr. receivre (O.Fr. recoivre), from L. recipere regain, take back, from re back (see RE (Cf. re )) + cipere, comb. form of capere to take (see CAPABLE (Cf. capable)). Radio and (later) television sense is attested from 19 …   Etymology dictionary

  • receive — is a key word supporting the rule of spelling ‘i before e except after c’. See i before e …   Modern English usage

  • receive — ► VERB 1) be given, presented with, or paid. 2) accept or take delivery of. 3) chiefly Brit. buy or accept (goods known to be stolen). 4) form (an idea or impression) from an experience. 5) detect or pick up (broadcast signals). 6) (in tennis and …   English terms dictionary

  • receive — re|ceive W1S1 [rıˈsi:v] v [T] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(be given something)¦ 2¦(be sent something)¦ 3¦(treatment)¦ 4¦(reaction to something)¦ 5 be on/at the receiving end (of something) 6 receive an injury/blow 7¦(people)¦ 8¦(by radio)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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