Hyphenation of receive

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word receive? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

re-ceive

Definitions of receive:

1.
Get something
Come into possession of Receive payment Receive a gift Receive letters from the front
2.
Receive a specified treatment (abstract)
These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation His movie received a good review I got nothing but trouble for my good intentions
3.
Register (perceptual input)
Pick up a signal
4.
Go through (mental or physical states or experiences)
Get an idea Experience vertigo Get nauseous Receive injuries Have a feeling
5.
Express willingness to have in one's home or environs
The community warmly received the refugees
6.
Accept as true or valid
He received Christ
7.
Bid welcome to
Greet upon arrival
8.
Convert into sounds or pictures
Receive the incoming radio signals
9.
Experience as a reaction
My proposal met with much opposition
10.
Have or give a reception
The lady is receiving Sunday morning
11.
Receive as a retribution or punishment
He got 5 years in prison
12.
Partake of the Holy Eucharist sacrament
13.
Regard favorably or with disapproval
Her new collection of poems was not well received

Synonyms of receive:

verb have, get, acquire
verb get, find, obtain, incur, change
verbpick up, perceive, comprehend
verb experience, have, get, undergo
verbtake in, invite
verb accept
verb welcome, greet, recognize, recognise
verb convert
verb meet, encounter, have, experience
verb celebrate, fete
verb get
verb partake, touch
verb see, consider, reckon, view, regard

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