receive

(verb)

get something; come into possession of

All clip examples

• Ladies and gentlemen, we've just received word that the president has called a meeting of his cabinet (Night of the Living Dead)
• This is the latest dispatch just received in our newsroom. (Night of the Living Dead)
• Frankly, when I received your letter I thought you were just another eccentric. (The Wasp Woman)
• We've received messages from their spaceships. (Plan 9 from Outer Space)
• We received it over a month ago. (Plan 9 from Outer Space)
• Repeating this latest bulletin just received moments ago from Cumberland. (Night of the Living Dead)
• but these are the reports we have been receiving and passing on to you, (Night of the Living Dead)