Recive vs. Receive — What's the Difference?
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Edited by Tayyaba Rehman — By Fiza Rafique — Published on October 15, 2023
"Recive" is an incorrect spelling. The correct spelling is "Receive," meaning to get or accept something given or sent.
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Which is correct: Recive or Receive
How to spell Receive?
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Recive
Incorrect Spelling
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Receive
Correct Spelling
Difference Between Recive and Receive
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Key Differences
Recite "re-CEIVE" focusing on the correct sequence.
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Oct 15, 2023
Remember the rule "i before e, except after c."
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Fiza Rafique
Oct 15, 2023
Consider "ceiv" as the core of the word.
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Oct 15, 2023
Link "Receive" with "deceive," another word with similar spelling.
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Oct 15, 2023
Visualize a hand "receiving" an envelope, emphasizing the 'e' before 'i'.
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Oct 15, 2023
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Definitions
Receive
Receive can mean to welcome or greet.
They received their guests at the entrance.
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Oct 03, 2023
Receive
Receive means to catch, as in a signal.
The radio receives signals from the satellite.
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Oct 03, 2023
Receive
To take or acquire (something given or offered); get or be given
Receive a present.
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Sep 30, 2023
Receive
To be the person who gets (something sent or transmitted)
Receive an email.
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Sep 30, 2023
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Receive
(Sports) To catch or get possession of (a pass or a kicked ball, for example).
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Sep 30, 2023
Receive
To listen to and acknowledge formally and authoritatively
The judge received their oath of allegiance.
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Sep 30, 2023
Receive
To take in and convert (radio waves, for example) into an electrical signal or into an audio or visual output.
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Sep 30, 2023
Receive
To experience or be subjected to; meet with
Receive sympathetic treatment.
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Sep 30, 2023
Receive
To bear the weight or force of; support
The beams receive the full weight of the walls and roof.
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Sep 30, 2023
Receive
To be exposed to or withstand
The hillside cottage receives strong winds.
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Sep 30, 2023
Receive
To admit or welcome guests or visitors
The couple are not receiving this winter.
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Sep 30, 2023
Receive
To convert incoming electromagnetic signals into sound, light, or electrical signals.
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Sep 30, 2023
Receive
To take, as something that is offered, given, committed, sent, paid, etc.; to accept; to be given something.
She received many presents for her birthday.
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Sep 30, 2023
Receive
To act as a host for guests; to give admittance to; to permit to enter, as into one's house, presence, company, etc.
To receive a lodger, visitor, ambassador, messenger, etc.
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Sep 30, 2023
Receive
To allow (a custom, tradition, etc.); to give credence or acceptance to.
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Sep 30, 2023
Receive
(sports) To be in a position to take possession, or hit back the ball.
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Sep 30, 2023
Receive
To take, as something that is offered, given, committed, sent, paid, or the like; to accept; as, to receive money offered in payment of a debt; to receive a gift, a message, or a letter.
Receyven all in gree that God us sent.
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Sep 30, 2023
Receive
Hence: To gain the knowledge of; to take into the mind by assent to; to give admission to; to accept, as an opinion, notion, etc.; to embrace.
Our hearts receive your warnings.
The idea of solidity we receive by our touch.
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Sep 30, 2023
Receive
To allow, as a custom, tradition, or the like; to give credence or acceptance to.
Many other things there be which they have received to hold, as the washing of cups, and pots.
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Sep 30, 2023
Receive
To give admittance to; to permit to enter, as into one's house, presence, company, and the like; as, to receive a lodger, visitor, ambassador, messenger, etc.
They kindled a fire, and received us every one.
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Sep 30, 2023
Receive
To admit; to take in; to hold; to contain; to have capacity for; to be able to take in.
The brazen altar that was before the Lord was too little to receive the burnt offerings.
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Sep 30, 2023
Receive
To be affected by something; to suffer; to be subjected to; as, to receive pleasure or pain; to receive a wound or a blow; to receive damage.
Against his will he can receive no harm.
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Sep 30, 2023
Receive
To bat back (the ball) when served.
Who, if we knewWhat we receive, would either not acceptLife offered, or soon beg to lay it down.
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Sep 30, 2023
Receive
To receive visitors; to be at home to receive calls; as, she receives on Tuesdays.
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Sep 30, 2023
Receive
To return, or bat back, the ball when served; as, it is your turn to receive.
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Sep 30, 2023
Receive
Get something; come into possession of;
Receive payment
Receive a gift
Receive letters from the front
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Receive
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
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Fiza Rafique
Sep 30, 2023
Receive
Of mental or physical states or experiences;
Get an idea
Experience vertigo
Get nauseous
Undergo a strange sensation
The chemical undergoes a sudden change
The fluid undergoes shear
Receive injuries
Have a feeling
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Receive
Express willingness to have in one's home or environs;
The community warmly received the refugees
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Sep 30, 2023
Receive
Regard favorably or with disapproval;
Her new collection of poems was not well received
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Sep 30, 2023
Receive
Receive means to get or be given something.
She will receive the package tomorrow.
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Oct 03, 2023
Receive
Receive implies being the recipient of a service or action.
He received praise for his work.
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Oct 03, 2023
Receive
Receive can mean to undergo or experience.
The patient received treatment immediately.
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Oct 03, 2023
FAQs
Why is it called Receive?
The term "Receive" comes from the Latin 'recipere' meaning to take back, accept.
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Fiza Rafique
Oct 15, 2023
Which vowel is used before Receive?
Typically, the article "a" as in "a received message."
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Oct 15, 2023
What is the singular form of Receive?
"Receive" is a verb and does not have a singular or plural form in the same way nouns do.
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Oct 15, 2023
What is the root word of Receive?
The root is derived from the Latin word 'recipere'.
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Oct 15, 2023
Which conjunction is used with Receive?
Any conjunction can be used depending on the sentence structure.
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Fiza Rafique
Oct 15, 2023
Which article is used with Receive?
Typically, "a" or "the" based on context.
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Fiza Rafique
Oct 15, 2023
Is Receive a vowel or consonant?
"Receive" is a word, not a letter. It contains both vowels and consonants.
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Fiza Rafique
Oct 15, 2023
Which determiner is used with Receive?
It can vary, e.g., "this," "that," depending on the context.
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Fiza Rafique
Oct 15, 2023
Is the word “Receive” a Direct object or an Indirect object?
"Receive" is a verb, so it doesn't function as an object. However, what is being received can be a direct object.
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Oct 15, 2023
Is the Receive term a metaphor?
It can be used metaphorically, but by itself, it is not a metaphor.
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