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How to spell receive

Receive is spelled R-E-C-E-I-V-E. After C the E comes first, so it is C, E, I, as in ceiling.

What it means: To get or be given something.

In a sentence: I was happy to receive a letter from my friend. ▶

The part people get wrong

Watch for the order of ei.

Same family: receives, received, receiving, reception, recipient. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: Receive comes from Old French "receivre," from Latin "recipere," meaning "to take back" or "to get again." It shares a root with words like "reception" and "recipient," all connected to the idea of taking or getting something.

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