receive

/rɪˈsiːv/

US pronunciation

American sound/rɪˈsiːv/

rɪˈsiːv

Syllables: 2 syllables
Stress: 2nd syllable stress
Vowel: Short i vowel
Ending: Final e often stays silent

rɪ - ˈsiːv -> receive

Myanmar meaning

(v) လက်ခံရရှိသည်။

Full entry

receive /r'si:v/ v

၁။ (က) ~ sth (from sb/sth) ရသည်။
receive a letter/present/phone call/grant ❍ receive insults/thanks/congratulations.
(ခ) (esp Brit ) သူခိုးလက်ခံ သည်။ get 4 years in prison for receiving.
၂။ ရရှိသည်။ receive a good education ❍ receive severe injuries/blows ❍ We received a warm welcome from our hosts.
၃။ ~ sb (with sth) (as sth) (fml ) (esp passive) (ခမ်းခမ်း နားနား) ကြိုဆိုသည်။ The ambassador was received by the head of state. ❍ She was received with warm applause. ❍ He was received as a hero.
၄။ ~ sb (into sth) လက်ခံသည်။ He has been received into the Church.
၅။ ~ sb/sth (with sth) (esp passive) တုံ့ပြန်မှုနှင့်ကြုံရသည်။ My suggestion was received with disdain. ❍ How was the play received? ❍ The reforms have been well received by the public.
၆။ လက်ခံစဉ်းစားပေးသည်။ He said the idea would receive serious consideration.
၇။ (က) (အသံလွှင့်ချက်စသည်) ဖမ်းယူရရှိသည်။ receive a programme via satellite.
(ခ) ဖမ်းယူနိုင်သည်။ Are you receiving me? ❍ I am receiving you loud and clear.
❏ be at/ on the receiving end (of sth) [IDM ] (infml ) နှာခေါင်းကျည်ပွေ့တွေ့သည်။ The party in power soon learns what it's like to be on the receiving end of political satire.
❏ received adj အများတကာအသိအမှတ်ပြုထားသော။ received opinion/pronunciation ❍ change received ideas about education ❍ The received wisdom is that it is impossible to produce good wine from this soil.

More examples

Fewer people receive state benefits now.
She received a camera as a twenty-fifth birthday present.
We have not received your letter.
[receive something from someone] : His views have received support from an unlikely source.
The head has already received several calls from angry parents.
Several of the victims are receiving hospital treatment for burns.
He received a five-year prison sentence.
We received a visit from the Inspector.
Heather’s proposals were received without much enthusiasm.
Her Royal Highness was received by the Deputy Mayor.
[receive someone into something] : Several opponents of women priests were received into the Catholic Church.
What time can patients receive visitors?
With a satellite dish you can receive hundreds of channels.

Synonyms

take delivery of, be given, get, obtain, accept, collect, accommodate, acquire, admit, allow entrance, apprehend, appropriate, arrogate, assume, be in receipt of, be informed, be subjected to, be told, bear, bring in, catch, come by, come into, convert, cop, corral, derive, draw, earn, encounter, endure, entertain, experience, gain, gather, get from, get hands on, get hold of, go through, grab, grasp, greet, have, hear, hold, host, induct, inherit, initiate, install, introduce, invite, latch on to, let in, let through, make, make comfortable, make welcome, meet, meet with, perceive, permit, pick up, pocket, procure, pull, pull down, reap, redeem, roll out red carpet, secure, seize, sense, shake hands, show in, snag, suffer, sustain, take, take in, take possession, undergo, usher in, welcome, win

Antonyms

avoid, deliver, deny, disallow, discourage, dispatch, dissuade, donate, drop, evade, expel, fail, forfeit, forsake, free, give, halt, let go, lose, misconceive, miss, misunderstand, offer, pass, push, refuse, reject, release, renounce, repel, repulse, spend, stop, throw away, turn away