To be given, sent, or paid something.
He received many presents for his birthday.
To take, as something that is offered; to accept.
He had the offer of employment, but he would not receive it.
To take goods knowing them to be stolen.
An operation in which data is received.
In the sonification of the PDE code, notes are scattered throughout a wide pitch range, and sends and receives are relatively balanced; although in the beginning of the application there are bursts of sends […]
From Middle English receyven, from Old French receivre, from Latin recipere (“take back, accept, etc.”), from re- (“back”) + capiō (“to take”); see capacious. Compare conceive, deceive, perceive. Disp...
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