Meaning

14 senses
  1. A person who receives.

    (historical)An official whose job is to receive taxes or other monies; a tax collector, a treasurer.

  2. A person who receives something in a general sense; a recipient.

    a person who receives something

  3. A person who accepts stolen goods.

    Hehler

  4. A person or company appointed to settle the affairs of an insolvent entity.

    Konkursverwalter, Insolvenzverwalter

    ко́нкурсный управля́ющийkónkursnyj upravljájuščij

  5. An offensive player who catches the ball after it has been passed.

    a football player who catches (or is supposed to catch) a forward pass

  6. A person who attempts to return the serve.

    the tennis player who receives the serve

  7. An item or apparatus that receives.

    Something which receives some substance or object, in a general sense; a receptacle.

  8. A vessel for receiving and holding the products of distillation, or for containing gases.

  9. (historical)An airtight vessel from which air is pumped in order to form a vacuum.

  10. The part of a firearm containing the action.

  11. (historical)A vessel for receiving the exhaust steam from the high-pressure cylinder before it enters the low-pressure cylinder, in a compound steam engine.

  12. Any of several electronic devices that receive electromagnetic waves, or signals transmitted as such.

    Empfangsgerät, Empfänger

    приёмникprijómnik

    прийма́чpryjmáč

Examples

37 sentences
  1. I put the receiver to my ear.

    Я приклав слухавку до вуха.

    ruЯ приложил трубку к уху.

    deIch hielt den Hörer an mein Ohr.

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  2. I forgot to lift the receiver before dialing the number.

    ruЯ забыл снять трубку, прежде чем набрать номер.

    deIch vergaß den Hörer abzunehmen, bevor ich die Nummer wählte.

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  3. Tom picked up the telephone receiver and put it to his ear.

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  4. Tom shifted the phone receiver to his other ear.

    deTom hielt sich den Hörer an das andere Ohr.

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  5. You picked up the telephone receiver.

    deDu hast den Hörer abgenommen.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 3
person who receives:
electronic device that receives and converts signal:
telephone handset:
Русский
By meaning 4
person who receives:
electronic device that receives and converts signal:
person appointed to settle financial affairs:
telephone handset:
Deutsch
By meaning 5
person who receives:
person who accepts stolen goods:
person appointed to settle financial affairs:
electronic device:
telephone handset:

Origin

Inherited from Middle English receyvour, from Anglo-Norman receverre, receivour et al., la

Inherited from Middle English receyvour, from Anglo-Norman receverre, receivour et al., later also reformed as receive + -er. Compare recevor, rescaivour.

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Forms

plural: receivers
Singularreceiver
Pluralreceivers

regular

Synonyms

11 synonyms
liquidatoradministratorinsolvency administratorinsolvency practitionercourt administratortrustee in bankruptcy
Close in meaning
  • set that receives radio or tv signals:receiving system
  • a football player who catches (or is supposed to catch) a forward pass:pass receiverpass catcher
  • earphone that converts electrical signals into sounds:telephone receiver
  • a person who receives something:recipient
  • (law) a person (usually appointed by a court of law) who liquidates assets or preserves them for the benefit of affected parties:liquidator

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

15 related words

See also

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