What is "received" in English? Definition and Explanations

Updated: 24-10-2024 by Wikilanguages.net
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What does received mean in English? Meaning of received definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "received" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "received": conforming to the established language usage of educated native speakers

Adjective

  • Meaning: conforming to the established language usage of educated native speakers
  • Example: standard English received standard English is sometimes called the King's English
  • Synonyms: received standard
  • Antonyms: nonstandard
  • Similar: acceptable classical
  • Hyphenation: re‧ceived

    Meaning of "received": widely accepted as true or worthy

    Adjective

  • Meaning: widely accepted as true or worthy
  • Example: a received moral idea Received political wisdom says not; surveys show otherwise
  • Synonyms: received
  • Similar: conventional
  • Hyphenation: re‧ceived

  • Adjective: simple past tense and past participle of receive
  • Synonyms:

    collected, accepted, acknowledged, honored, acquired, gathered, derived, standard, conventional, customary, earned, obtained, gotten, admitted,

    Antonyms:

    delivered, given, disbursed, nonstandard,

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    received in English: received
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