receiver

nounone who receives

noundevice for receiving
nounrecipient

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noun one who receives

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TV

noun. visual and audio entertainment transmitted via radio waves

antenna

noun. appendages for sensing, usually on insects or electronics

antennae

noun. appendages for sensing, usually on insects or electronics

radio

noun. communication by electronic air waves

Word Origin & History

mid-14c. (mid-13c. as a surname), agent noun from receive, or from Old French recevere (Modern French receveur), agent noun from recievere. As a telephone apparatus, from 1877; in reference to a radio unit, from 1891; in U.S. football sense, from 1897.

Example Sentences for receiver

He went to the desk where the telephone was, and took up the receiver.

The impact of sounds on his ear from the receiver set him to attention.

What would I not have given to have been the receiver of such a letter?

She stood there looking at the receiver as her hands came together.

The clumsy framework of the receiver was reduced to a neat and portable size.

The property on which the receiver was based had been observed and applied by him some time before.

He went over to the instrument, sat down, and put the receiver to his ear.

Wrayson rose to his feet and took the receiver into his hand.

To be a receiver of taxes one need not know either Greek or Latin.

The death of the receiver of taxes had satiated the soldiers.

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TV

antenna

antennae

beneficiaries

beneficiary

cashier

object

objects

radio

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Synonyms for receiver

TV