To get or be given something: (of a radio or television) to change a signal into sounds andÒ€¦. Learn more.

Come into custody or possession of something by transfer. The meaning of receive is to come into possession of : How to use receive in a sentence. To take in and convert (radio waves, for example) into an electrical signal or into an audio or visual output. To take into one's possession (something offered or delivered). See examples of receive used in a sentence. When a radio or television receives signals that are being transmitted, it picks them up and converts them into sound or pictures.

To take into one's possession (something offered or delivered). See examples of receive used in a sentence. When a radio or television receives signals that are being transmitted, it picks them up and converts them into sound or pictures. The reception was a little faint but clear enough for him to receive the Ò€¦