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/rɪˈsiv/ 
| present tense | |
| I/you/we/they | receive |
| he/she/it | receives |
| present participle | receiving |
| past tense | received |
| past participle | received |
Fewer people receive welfare benefits now.
She received a camera as a twenty-fifth birthday present.
We have not received your letter.
His views have received support from an unlikely source.
The principal has already received several calls from angry parents.
Several of the victims are receiving hospital treatment for burns.
He received a five-year prison sentence.
We received a visit from the pastor.
You don't want to be on the receiving end of her anger!
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