to get, obtain
→
to receive visitors
5 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | English | |
| lexeme | receive | |
| meaning 1 | I received your letter of November 7. | |
| meaning 2 | The shop assistant received me indifferently while leaning on a counter. | |
| reference | [Cobuild :1375, 1376] | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | French | |
| lexeme | recevoir | |
| meaning 1 | to get, obtain | recevoir une lettre de ses enfants to receive a letter from one's children |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | to receive visitors | recevoir la famille tous les dimanches to receive one's family every Sunday |
| reference | CNRTL | |
| comment | ||