| receptive | | |
| adj. | 1. receptive | open to arguments, ideas, or change.; "receptive to reason and the logic of facts" |
| ~ pervious | admitting of passage or entrance.; "pervious soil"; "a metal pervious to heat" |
| adj. | 2. open, receptive | ready or willing to receive favorably.; "receptive to the proposals" |
| ~ acceptant, acceptive | accepting willingly.; "acceptive of every new idea"; "an acceptant type of mind" |
| ~ admissive | characterized by or allowing admission.; "an Elizabethan tragedy admissive of comic scenes" |
| ~ assimilative | capable of mentally absorbing.; "assimilative processes"; "assimilative capacity of the human mind" |
| ~ hospitable | having an open mind.; "hospitable to new ideas"; "open to suggestions" |
| adj. | 3. centripetal, receptive, sensory | of a nerve fiber or impulse originating outside and passing toward the central nervous system.; "sensory neurons" |
| ~ afferent | of nerves and nerve impulses; conveying sensory information from the sense organs to the CNS.; "afferent nerves"; "afferent impulses" |
| adj. | 4. receptive | able to absorb liquid (not repellent).; "the paper is ink-receptive" |
| ~ absorbent, absorptive | having power or capacity or tendency to absorb or soak up something (liquids or energy etc.).; "as absorbent as a sponge" |
| receive | | |
| v. (possession) | 1. have, receive | get something; come into possession of.; "receive payment"; "receive a gift"; "receive letters from the front" |
| ~ take up, take in | accept.; "The cloth takes up the liquid" |
| ~ hustle | get by trying hard.; "she hustled a free lunch from the waiter" |
| ~ accept | receive (a report) officially, as from a committee. |
| ~ fence | receive stolen goods. |
| ~ acquire, get | come into the possession of something concrete or abstract.; "She got a lot of paintings from her uncle"; "They acquired a new pet"; "Get your results the next day"; "Get permission to take a few days off from work" |
| ~ accept, take, have | receive willingly something given or offered.; "The only girl who would have him was the miller's daughter"; "I won't have this dog in my house!"; "Please accept my present" |
| ~ graduate | receive an academic degree upon completion of one's studies.; "She graduated in 1990" |
| ~ inherit | receive by genetic transmission.; "I inherited my good eyesight from my mother" |
| v. (change) | 2. find, get, incur, obtain, 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" |
| ~ change | undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature.; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" |
| ~ take | ascertain or determine by measuring, computing or take a reading from a dial.; "take a pulse"; "A reading was taken of the earth's tremors" |
| ~ acquire, get | come into the possession of something concrete or abstract.; "She got a lot of paintings from her uncle"; "They acquired a new pet"; "Get your results the next day"; "Get permission to take a few days off from work" |
| v. (perception) | 3. pick up, receive | register (perceptual input).; "pick up a signal" |
| ~ perceive, comprehend | to become aware of through the senses.; "I could perceive the ship coming over the horizon" |
| ~ hear | receive a communication from someone.; "We heard nothing from our son for five years" |
| v. (perception) | 4. experience, get, have, receive | go through (mental or physical states or experiences).; "get an idea"; "experience vertigo"; "get nauseous"; "receive injuries"; "have a feeling" |
| ~ suffer, sustain, have, get | undergo (as of injuries and illnesses).; "She suffered a fracture in the accident"; "He had an insulin shock after eating three candy bars"; "She got a bruise on her leg"; "He got his arm broken in the scuffle" |
| ~ perceive, comprehend | to become aware of through the senses.; "I could perceive the ship coming over the horizon" |
| ~ undergo | pass through.; "The chemical undergoes a sudden change"; "The fluid undergoes shear"; "undergo a strange sensation" |
| ~ take | experience or feel or submit to.; "Take a test"; "Take the plunge" |
| ~ horripilate | have one's hair stand on end and get goosebumps.; "I horripilate when I see violence on television" |
| v. (contact) | 5. invite, receive, take in | express willingness to have in one's home or environs.; "The community warmly received the refugees" |
| ~ welcome | receive someone, as into one's house. |
| ~ absorb | assimilate or take in.; "The immigrants were quickly absorbed into society" |
| ~ see | receive as a specified guest.; "the doctor will see you now"; "The minister doesn't see anybody before noon" |
| ~ assume | take up someone's soul into heaven.; "This is the day when May was assumed into heaven" |
| ~ induct | admit as a member.; "We were inducted into the honor society" |
| v. (cognition) | 6. receive | accept as true or valid.; "He received Christ" |
| ~ accept | consider or hold as true.; "I cannot accept the dogma of this church"; "accept an argument" |
| v. (communication) | 7. receive, welcome | bid welcome to; greet upon arrival. |
| ~ greet, recognise, recognize | express greetings upon meeting someone. |
| v. (change) | 8. receive | convert into sounds or pictures.; "receive the incoming radio signals" |
| ~ convert | change the nature, purpose, or function of something.; "convert lead into gold"; "convert hotels into jails"; "convert slaves to laborers" |
| v. (stative) | 9. encounter, meet, receive | experience as a reaction.; "My proposal met with much opposition" |
| ~ experience, have | undergo.; "The stocks had a fast run-up" |
| v. (social) | 10. receive | have or give a reception.; "The lady is receiving Sunday morning" |
| ~ fete, celebrate | have a celebration.; "They were feting the patriarch of the family"; "After the exam, the students were celebrating" |
| v. (perception) | 11. get, receive | receive as a retribution or punishment.; "He got 5 years in prison" |
| ~ catch, get | suffer from the receipt of.; "She will catch hell for this behavior!" |
| v. (consumption) | 12. receive | partake of the Holy Eucharist sacrament. |
| ~ christian religion, christianity | a monotheistic system of beliefs and practices based on the Old Testament and the teachings of Jesus as embodied in the New Testament and emphasizing the role of Jesus as savior. |
| ~ partake, touch | consume.; "She didn't touch her food all night" |
| v. (cognition) | 13. receive | regard favorably or with disapproval.; "Her new collection of poems was not well received" |
| ~ consider, regard, view, reckon, see | deem to be.; "She views this quite differently from me"; "I consider her to be shallow"; "I don't see the situation quite as negatively as you do" |
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