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received

[ ri-seevd ]

adjective

  1. generally or traditionally accepted; conventional; standard:

    a received moral idea.



received

/ ɪˈː /

adjective

  1. generally accepted or believed

    received wisdom

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Other Word Forms

  • ɱ-·𾱱 adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of received1

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English; receive + -ed 2
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McIntre allegedly claimed in January that she was renting a Pacific Palisades home that was destroyed by the fire and received $25,229 in relief funds.

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The department “will begin by thoroughly examining UC Berkeley’s apparent failure to fully and accurately disclose significant funding received from foreign sources,” U.S.

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"Gavi has not received a termination notice related to this grant," a spokesperson told us.

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Ten of the 12 states on the continent received the lowest level of 10%.

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It currently gets most of its income from the licence fee - in the last financial year, the BBC received £3.7bn, or about two-thirds of its total income, from it.

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