received

re·ceived
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/ɹɪˈsiːvd/

adjective

Generally accepted as correct or true.

Very commonScrabble 14

Meanings

verb

alternative archaic receiv'd

  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of receive
adjectivereceived (not comparable)

alternative archaic receiv'd

  1. not comparableGenerally accepted as correct or true.

    The old saying goes that we should not judge a man until we have walked a mile in his shoes. As with so much received wisdom – from judging books by their covers to the relative exchange rate for birds in hands and bushes – this is of course rubbish.

    2012 October 30, Robin Wilkinson, Western Mail
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    And therefore as though there were any feriation in nature or justitiums imaginable in professions, whose subject is natural, and under no intermissive, but constant way of mutation, this season is commonly termed the physician's vacation, and stands so received by most men.

    1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveconforming to the established language usage of educated native speakers

adjectivewidely accepted as true or worthy

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Spanish recibido
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Rhymes & wordplay

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APA

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MLA

“received.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/received. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “received,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/received.

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