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Collocations for receive - verb

1. get/accept sth

ADVERB

regularly
automatically
You will automatically receive updates by text message.
currently
They currently receive subsidies from the government.
just, recently
I just received a call from a concerned parent.
gratefully
Any help or donations will be gratefully received.

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VERB + receive

be entitled to
You might be entitled to receive housing benefit.
expect to
You can expect to receive compensation for all direct expenses arising out of the accident.

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PREPOSITION

from
I received a package from my mother.

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PHRASES

send and receive, transmit and receive
a device for sending and receiving electronic signals

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2. react to sth in a particular way

ADVERB

enthusiastically, favourably/favorably, warmly, well
The play was very well received.
badly
The speech was badly received by Republican leaders.

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PREPOSITION

with
The news was received with dismay.

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Receive is used with these nouns as the subject:
aerial, employee, patient, winner

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Receive is used with these nouns as the object:
acclaim, accolade, acknowledgement, advance, advice, affection, aid, allocation, allowance, answer, antibiotic, apology, applause, appointment, approach, approval, assent, assignment, assistance, assurance, asylum, attention, award, backing, beating, benefit, bequest, bid, bill, blessing, blow, bonus, boost, briefing, broadcast, bursary, call, card, care, caution, certificate, charter, cheque, citizenship, clearance, command, comment, commission, communication, communion, communiqué, compensation, complaint, compliment, confirmation, congratulations, consent, consideration, contract, copy, correspondence, counselling, coupon, coverage, credit, criticism, damage, decoration, degree, delivery, deputation, detention, diagnosis, diploma, directive, discharge, discount, dividend, doctorate, document, donation, dose, education, electric shock, email, emphasis, encouragement, endorsement, enquiry, entry, equivalent, evaluation, exemption, explanation, exposure, expression, extension, favour, fax, fee, feedback, fine, first aid, flower, forgiveness, fund, funding, gift, grade, grant, guarantee, guest, guidance, handout, help, hit, honour, impetus, impression, imprisonment, incentive, income, indication, inducement, influx, information, inheritance, injection, injury, input, instruction, interest, invitation, invoice, jolt, kick, kindness, kiss, knighthood, kudos, legacy, letter, licence, loan, love, mail, maintenance, mandate, mark, massage, medal, medication, memento, memo, mention, merchandise, mercy, message, modification, money, news, nod, notice, notification, nourishment, nutrition, offer, order, ovation, oxygen, package, parcel, pardon, pass, pay, payment, penalty, pension, permission, permit, physiotherapy, plaque, postcard, praise, preference, premiere, premium, preparation, present, prize, probation, promotion, proposal, publicity, punishment, questionnaire, résumé, rainfall, rating, ration, reassurance, rebate, rebuff, rebuke, receipt, reception, recognition, recommendation, recompense, reduction, refund, registration, reinforcement, relief, reminder, rent, reply, report, representation, reprieve, reprimand, request, response, result, return, review, reward, ridicule, royalty, salary, scholarship, schooling, score, sentence, service, setback, settlement, share, shipment, shock, showing, signal, slap, slip, snub, social security, sponsorship, stitch, submission, subscription, subsidy, sum, summons, supervision, supply, support, suspension, telegram, thanks, therapy, threat, ticket, tip-off, total, traffic, training, transfusion, transmission, transplant, treatment, trophy, tuition, ultimatum, update, vaccine, vision, visit, visitor, vote, voucher, wage, warning, welcome, welfare, windfall, wound, writ

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