HOW TO PRONOUNCE
received
/ɹəˈsivd/
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What does received mean?
verb
- simple past and past participle of receive
adjective
- Generally accepted as correct or true.
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IPA pronunciation
/ɹəˈsivd/
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I had received many good lessons from them, and was still receiving them, and the thought of leaving them was painful indeed.
From this chaotic skyful of crowding flakes the heath and moor momentarily received additional clothing, only to appear momentarily more naked thereby.
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It is even possible that the train of my ideas would never have received the fatal impulse that led to my ruin.
In spite of my depression, I was almost amused at the coolness and delicate hauteur with which my sweet lover received me.
Doctor Manette received such patients here as his old reputation, and its revival in the floating whispers of his story, brought him.