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received
adjective
1 received
Conforming to the established language usage of educated native speakers:
— Received standard English is sometimes called the King's English.
synonym: standard.
Roget 613:
habitual;
accustomary†;
prescriptive,
accustomed
etc.
v.;
of daily occurrence,
of everyday occurrence;
consuetudinary†;
wonted,
usual,
general,
ordinary,
common,
frequent,
everyday,
household,
garden variety,
jog,
trot;
well-trodden,
well-known;
familiar,
vernacular,
trite,
commonplace,
conventional,
regular,
set,
stock,
established,
stereotyped;
prevailing,
prevalent;
current,
received,
acknowledged,
recognized,
accredited;
of course,
admitted,
understood.
conformable.
etc.
82;
according to use,
according to custom,
according to routine;
in vogue,
in fashion,
in,
with it;
fashionable
etc.
(genteel)
852.
wont;
used to,
given to,
addicted to,
attuned to,
habituated
etc.
v.;
in the habit of;
habitue;
at home in
etc.
(skillful)
698;
seasoned;
imbued with;
devoted to,
wedded to.
hackneyed,
fixed,
rooted,
deep-rooted,
ingrafted†,
permanent,
inveterate,
besetting;
naturalized;
ingrained
etc.
(intrinsic)
5.
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Roget 785:
receiving
etc.
v.;
recipient,
suscipient†.
received
etc.
v.;
given
etc.
784;
secondhand.
not given,
unbestowed
etc.
(give),
(bestow)
etc.
784.
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Roget 810:
receiving,
received
etc.
v.;
profitable
etc.
(gainful)
775.
Roget 490:
knowing
etc.
v.;
cognitive;
acroamatic†.
aware of,
cognizant of,
conscious of;
acquainted with,
made acquainted with;
privy to,
no stranger to;
au fait with,
au courant;
in the secret;
up to,
alive to;
behind the scenes,
behind the curtain;
let into;
apprized of,
informed of;
undeceived.
proficient with,
versed with,
read with,
forward with,
strong with,
at home in;
conversant with,
familiar with.
erudite,
instructed,
leaned,
lettered,
educated;
well conned,
well informed,
well read,
well grounded,
well educated;
enlightened,
shrewd,
savant,
blue,
bookish,
scholastic,
solid,
profound,
deep-read,
book-learned;
accomplished
etc.
(skillful)
698;
omniscient;
self-taught.
known
etc.
v.;
ascertained,
well-known,
recognized,
received,
notorious,
noted;
proverbial;
familiar,
familiar as household words,
familiar to every schoolboy;
hackneyed,
trite,
trivial,
commonplace.
cognoscible†,
cognizable.
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2 received
Widely accepted as true or worthy.
Moby thesaurus: Christian, accepted, acclaimed, acknowledged, admired, admitted, advocated, affirmed, allowed, applauded, approved, authentic, authenticated, authoritative, avowed, backed, being done, believed, canonical, cathedral, certified, comme il faut, conceded, confessed, confirmed, conformable, consuetudinary, conventional, correct, countersigned, credited, cried up, current, customary, de rigueur, decent, decorous, endorsed, established, evangelical, everyday, ex cathedra, faithful, familiar, favored, favorite, firm, fixed, folk, formal, generally accepted, granted, hallowed, handed down, heroic, highly touted, hoary, immemorial, in good odor, inveterate, legendary, literal, long-established, long-standing, magisterial, meet, mythological, normal, notarized, obtaining, of long standing, of the faith, of the folk, official, oral, ordinary, orthodox, orthodoxical, popular, prescribed, prescriptive, prevalent, professed, proper, ratified, recognized, recommended, regular, regulation, right, rooted, sanctioned, scriptural, sealed, seemly, set, signed, sound, stamped, standard, stock, supported, sworn and affirmed, sworn to, textual, time-honored, traditional, traditionalistic, tried and true, true, true-blue, trusted, uncontested, understood, underwritten, undisputed, undoubted, unquestioned, unsuspected, unwritten, usual, validated, venerable, warranted, well-thought-of, widespread, wonted, worshipful ... show more.
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