What does Received mean?

Definitions for Received
rɪˈsivdre·ceived

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. standard, receivedadjective

    conforming to the established language usage of educated native speakers

    "standard English" (American); "received standard English is sometimes called the King's English" (British)

  2. receivedadjective

    widely accepted as true or worthy

    "a received moral idea"; "Received political wisdom says not; surveys show otherwise"- Economist

Wiktionary

  1. receivedadjective

    Generally accepted as correct or true

  2. receivedadjective

    (by implication) Unchallenged axioms

    The recent revelation that East Anglia University's Climate Research Unit actively suppressed research findings contrary to the "received wisdom" of Global Warming, has severely damaged the credibility of the UN's IPCC predictions, which relied heavily on this institution's research findings.uE000146897uE001

ChatGPT

  1. received

    Received generally refers to the act of getting or accepting something that has been sent or given to you. It can relate to various items or ideas like a letter, a package, a message, an award, or even an idea or opinion that is understood or accepted.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Received

    of Receive

Editors Contribution

  1. receivedverb

    Verb form of the word receive.

    They received their wedding documents they needed to sign for their wedding day.


    Submitted by MaryC on March 8, 2020  

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British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Received' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #743

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Received' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1469

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Received in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Received in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of Received in a Sentence

  1. Yannis Dragasakis:

    We haven't received any( bailout) tranches since August 2014 but we have been meeting all of our obligations, this has its limits. European Central Bank agreed late on Wednesday to raise the limit on emergency lending to Greek banks by 400 million euros to 69.8 billion, banking sources said. Bankers said savers withdrew about 300 million euros in deposits on Wednesday. European Parliament President Martin Schulz said Greece's financial situation was.

  2. The President:

    I categorically deny and reject the accusation that I was involved (in a corruption scheme) and having received any money from that customs fraud scheme.

  3. Defense Department spokesman Eric Pahon:

    We have not received an invitation from Minister Shoigu requesting to meet with Secretary James Mattis.

  4. Lee Raby:

    That’s the glass-half-empty way of looking at it, the reverse is also true: Individuals who received the most care were doing on average better on the academic tests and were more likely to go to college and graduate, and sometimes get postgraduate degrees.

  5. Barack Obama:

    I want to make sure that the whole world is able to pass onto future generations the God-given beauty of this planet, if all of America is joining around this critical project, then we can have confidence that we're doing right by future generations and passing onto our kids all the blessings that we've received.

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