radio receiver receiving set radio set radio tuner wireless | an electronic receiver that detects and demodulates and amplifies transmitted signals |
receiver receiving system | set that receives radio or tv signals |
Received Pronunciation | the approved pronunciation of British English, originally based on the King's English as spoken at public schools and at Oxford and Cambridge Universities (and widely accepted elsewhere in Britain), until recently it was the pronunciation of English used in British broadcasting |
receive | convert into sounds or pictures, receive the incoming radio signals |
receive get find obtain incur | receive a specified treatment (abstract), These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation, His movie received a good review, I got nothing but trouble for my good intentions |
receive | regard favorably or with disapproval, Her new collection of poems was not well received |
receive | accept as true or valid, He received Christ |
welcome receive | bid welcome to, greet upon arrival |
receive | partake of the Holy Eucharist sacrament |
receive take in invite c | express willingness to have in one's home or environs, The community warmly received the refugees |
pick up receive | register (perceptual input), pick up a signal |
experience receive have get | go through (mental or physical states or experiences), get an idea, experience vertigo, get nauseous, receive injuries, have a feeling |
get e receive f | receive as a retribution or punishment, He got years in prison |
receive have | get something, come into possession of, receive payment, receive a gift, receive letters from the front |
receive | have or give a reception, The lady is receiving Sunday morning |
meet encounter receive | experience as a reaction, My proposal met with much opposition |
received | widely accepted as true or worthy, a received moral idea, Received political wisdom says not, surveys show otherwise- Economist |
standard received | conforming to the established language usage of educated native speakers, standard English (American), received standard English is sometimes called the King's English (British) |