Collocations for "receive"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "receive" in context.
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receive
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.v
- received [a letter, your message, a package]
- received [an email, a notification]
- received [a letter] from [Hawaii, your parents]
- receive an [order, payment]
- receive our [monthly, exclusive] [newsletter, deals]
- receive an award (for)
- receive a promotion
- receive [updates, instructions, news]
- receive [recognition, a commendation]
- received [high praise, positive reviews] (from)
- receive free [information, shipping]
- [should, will] receive it by [Monday]
- did not receive
- never received
- was received [broken, in good shape]
- received [late, early, on time]
- received [guests, visitors, the president]
- the [director, president] is ready to receive you
- receives and transmits [information, signals, messages]
- are you receiving me?
- receiving you loud and clear
- received into [the club, priesthood, parliament]
'receive' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Christmas
- acceptance
- agent
- attendee
- automatically
- bonus
- caller
- certificate
- certification
- client
- coaching
- comment
- commission
- competitive
- confirmation
- consumer
- contestant
- credit
- discount
- eligible
- email
- endowment
- ensure
- entitle
- expect
- express
- famine
- feedback
- forgiveness
- frequent
- funding
- gift
- give
- help
- holder
- incentive
- incoming
- indemnity
- interest
- invoice
- kin
- medical
- message
- milestone
- monthly
- negative
- newsletter
- notice
- notification
- nursing