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received — index common (customary), popular Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
received — (adj.) mid 15c., generally accepted as true or good, pp. adjective from RECEIVE (Cf. receive) … Etymology dictionary
Received — Receive Re*ceive (r[ e]*s[=e]v ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Received} (r[ e]*s[=e]vd ); p. pr. & vb. n. {Receiving}.] [OF. receveir, recevoir, F. recevoir, fr. L. recipere; pref. re re + capere to take, seize. See {Capable}, {Heave}, and cf. {Receipt} … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
received — [[t]rɪsi͟ːvd[/t]] ADJ: ADJ n The received opinion about something or the received way of doing something is generally accepted by people as being correct. [FORMAL] He was among the first to question the received wisdom of the time... The… … English dictionary
received — re|ceived [rıˈsi:vd] adj [only before noun] formal accepted or considered to be correct by most people received opinion/wisdom etc (=the opinion most people have) ▪ The received wisdom is that he will retire within the next year … Dictionary of contemporary English
received — adjective Date: 15th century generally accepted ; common < a healthy skepticism about received explanations B. K. Lewalski > … New Collegiate Dictionary
received — /ri seevd /, adj. generally or traditionally accepted; conventional; standard: a received moral idea. [1400 50; late ME; see RECEIVE, ED2] * * * … Universalium
received — adjective /ɹɪˈsiːvd/ a) Generally accepted as correct or true The recent revelation that East Anglia Universitys Climate Research Unit actively suppressed research findings contrary to the received wisdom of Global Warming, has severely damaged… … Wiktionary
received — adj. Received is used with these nouns: ↑wisdom … Collocations dictionary
received — re|ceived [ rı sivd ] adjective FORMAL * generally believed to be true or correct: received wisdom/opinions … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
Received Pronunciation — (RP), also called the Queen s (or King s) English,[1] Oxford English[2] or BBC English, is the accent of Standard English in England, with a relationship to regional accents similar to the relationship in other European languages between their… … Wikipedia
