how to pronounce receive

/ɹəˈsiːv/

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receive is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of receive in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… nobody at the end of the company receive a little one in themselves …”

meaning of receive

To receive is to take possession of something that is offered or given to you.

receive frequency in english - B1 level of CEFR

the word receive occurs in english on average 74.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics receive can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that receive can be often used in the following areas:

1) people, society, and culture;

2) transport and travel;