Collocations for "receiver"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "receiver" in context.
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receiver
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a [signal, satellite, television, wireless, digital] receiver
- a car [stereo, radio] receiver
- an [AV, HDTV, FM, AM] receiver
- [pick, hang] up the phone receiver
- [pick] the phone receiver up
- install a [multichannel, satellite] receiver
- the receiver of [good, bad] news
- the receiver of the [message, letter, call]
- sports: an [eligible, ineligible] receiver
- sports: had no open receivers
- sports: the receiver was [open, covered]
- sports: plays wide receiver [on, for] the team
- sports: the receiver of the [pass, punch, foul]
- law: the company is now [managed, administrated] by receivers
- law: assign receivers to [manage] the company
'receiver' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):