receiving

/rɪˈsiːvɪŋ/

verbnounre · ceiv · ing

Remember: you RECEIVE before you can be RECEIVING—"I before E" flips after C: re-CEI-ve → re-CEI-v-ing.

Yes, it's receiving. Tricky part is **cei**: in *receiving*, it’s **c + ei** (not **ie**)—**receiving**.

Definitions

  1. verbpresent participle of receive; getting or accepting something that is given, sent, or paid.
  2. nounthe act or process of getting or accepting something (especially goods, messages, or payments).

Examples

  • “She is receiving an award for her science project.”
  • “The warehouse is receiving new shipments every morning.”
  • “After receiving the email, he called his teacher right away.”

Synonyms

gettingacceptingtaking incollectingacquiring

Antonyms

givingsending

Translations

ES recibiendoPT recebendoFR recevant

Common misspellings

recievingrecevingreceevingrecieivingreceivngreceivingreceíving

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