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RECEIVER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does receiver mean? 

RECEIVER (noun)
  The noun RECEIVER has 6 senses:

1. set that receives radio or tv signalsplay

2. (law) a person (usually appointed by a court of law) who liquidates assets or preserves them for the benefit of affected partiesplay

3. earphone that converts electrical signals into soundsplay

4. a person who receives somethingplay

5. the tennis player who receives the serveplay

6. a football player who catches (or is supposed to catch) a forward passplay

  Familiarity information: RECEIVER used as a noun is common.


 Dictionary entry details 


RECEIVER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Set that receives radio or tv signals

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

receiver; receiving system

Hypernyms ("receiver" is a kind of...):

set (any electronic equipment that receives or transmits radio or tv signals)

Meronyms (parts of "receiver"):

radio chassis (a chassis for a radio receiver)

aerial; antenna; transmitting aerial (an electrical device that sends or receives radio or television signals)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "receiver"):

radio; radio receiver; radio set; receiving set; tuner; wireless (an electronic receiver that detects and demodulates and amplifies transmitted signals)

satellite receiver (a receiver on a communications satellite)

boob tube; goggle box; idiot box; television; television receiver; television set; telly; tv; tv set (an electronic device that receives television signals and displays them on a screen)

direction finder (radio; determines the direction of incoming radio waves)

Derivation:

receive (convert into sounds or pictures)

receive (register (perceptual input))


Sense 2

Meaning:

(law) a person (usually appointed by a court of law) who liquidates assets or preserves them for the benefit of affected parties

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

liquidator; receiver

Hypernyms ("receiver" is a kind of...):

fiduciary (a person who holds assets in trust for a beneficiary)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)

Derivation:

receivership (the office of a receiver)

receivership (a court action that places property under the control of a receiver during litigation so that it can be preserved for the benefit of all)

receivership (the state of property that is in the hands of a receiver)


Sense 3

Meaning:

Earphone that converts electrical signals into sounds

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

receiver; telephone receiver

Hypernyms ("receiver" is a kind of...):

earphone; earpiece; headphone; phone (electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds; it is held over or inserted into the ear)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "receiver"):

headset (receiver consisting of a pair of headphones)

Holonyms ("receiver" is a part of...):

phone; telephone; telephone set (electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds)


Sense 4

Meaning:

A person who receives something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

receiver; recipient

Hypernyms ("receiver" is a kind of...):

acquirer (a person who acquires something (usually permanently))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "receiver"):

warrantee (a recipient of a warrant issued by a court in the United States)

transferee ((law) someone to whom a title or property is conveyed)

sendee (the intended recipient of a message)

protege (a person who receives support and protection from an influential patron who furthers the protege's career)

payee (a person to whom money is paid)

mandatary; mandatory (the recipient of a mandate)

host ((medicine) recipient of transplanted tissue or organ from a donor)

honoree (a recipient of honors in recognition of noteworthy accomplishments)

heir; heritor; inheritor (a person who is entitled by law or by the terms of a will to inherit the estate of another)

grantee (a recipient of a grant)

dependant; dependent (a person who relies on another person for support (especially financial support))

consignee (the person to whom merchandise is delivered over)

conferee (a person on whom something is bestowed)

borrower (someone who receives something on the promise to return it or its equivalent)

beneficiary; donee (the recipient of funds or other benefits)

assignee ((law) the party to whom something is assigned (e.g., someone to whom a right or property is legally transferred))

annuitant (the recipient of an annuity)

alienee; grantee (someone to whom the title of property is transferred)

addressee (one to whom something is addressed)

Derivation:

receive (get something; come into possession of)


Sense 5

Meaning:

The tennis player who receives the serve

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("receiver" is a kind of...):

tennis player (an athlete who plays tennis)


Sense 6

Meaning:

A football player who catches (or is supposed to catch) a forward pass

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

pass catcher; pass receiver; receiver

Hypernyms ("receiver" is a kind of...):

football player; footballer (an athlete who plays American football)


 Context examples 


An artifact resulting from the presence of a foreign body between the target and the receiver.

(Intervening Foreign Body, NCI Thesaurus)

If the two values are the same, the receiver has some confidence that the data was received correctly.

(Checksum, NCI Thesaurus)

Martin's philosophy asserted itself, dissipating his anger, and he hung up the receiver with a long whistle of incredulous amusement.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

An artifact resulting from the presence of another body structure between the target and the receiver.

(Intervening Anatomic Structure, NCI Thesaurus)

The pictures are sent to a small wireless receiver that is worn on the waist of the patient and are later viewed on a computer.

(Capsule endoscope, NCI Dictionary)

A hand-held mobile radiotelephone for use in an area divided into small sections (cells), each with its own short-range transmitter/receiver

(Cellular Telephone, NCI Thesaurus)

A third attempt, later in the day, provoked a terrific crash, and a subsequent message from the Central Exchange that Professor Challenger's receiver had been shattered.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A text block containing publishing and authoring information that allows receivers of this document version to refer appropriately to this document version.

(Document Version Bibliographic Designation, NCI Thesaurus)

A data storage disk where the data is stored in a format to be read optically by a laser and receiver.

(Optical Disk Device Component, NCI Thesaurus)

These disturbances were monitored using signals transmitted by the Global Positioning System (GPS) that were received by a science-quality GPS receiver located in a neighboring region to Nepal.

(GPS Data Show How Nepal Quake Disturbed Earth’s Upper Atmosphere, NASA)



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