Definition, synonyms and related words
plural of receive
"The package was marked as received, but neither I nor my roommate actually got it."
"She is in charge of receiving visitors at the front desk."
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of receive
"When she arrives at work, her phone receives a notification from her boss immediately."
In plain English: Receives means getting something that someone else gives you.
"She receives a letter from her grandmother every week."
Receives is the third-person singular present form of receive, derived from Old French receivre (to take back). It ultimately traces to Latin recipere, combining re- (back) and capere (to take), originally meaning "to take again.