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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  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. Lopez Obrador:

    We have to investigate if President Pena Nieto is involved and see how long the company has been operating, what contracts it received ... if they were awarded directly, through tenders.

  2. Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook:

    This case is about much more than a single phone or a single investigation, so when we received the government’s order we knew we had to speak out, at stake is the data security of hundreds of millions of law-abiding people, and setting a dangerous precedent that threatens everyone’s civil liberties.

  3. James Hughes:

    We had a warm welcome home. Everybody thought we were heroes. They were proud of us. I also received hundreds of messages of people wanting to join the YPG.

  4. Damian Collins:

    We are going through the documents we have received, you probably understand there is a very large number of them.

  5. Robert Turner:

    We have received funding and pledges of approximately $100 million for shelter and repair.

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