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recipient

noun

1 recipient

A person who receives something.

synonym: receiver.

Roget 785: receiving etc. v.; acquisition etc. 775; reception etc. (introduction) 296; suscipiency, acceptance, admission.    recipient, ... show more

Roget 191: receptacle; inclosure etc. 232; recipient, receiver, reservatory.    compartment; cell, cellule; follicle; hole, corner, niche, ... show more

Dutch: ontvanger, ontvangster, bewindvoerder

2 recipient

The semantic role of the animate entity that is passively involved in the happening denoted by the verb in the clause.

synonym: recipient role.


adjective

Roget 785: receiving etc. v.; recipient, suscipient.    received etc. v.; given etc. 784; secondhand.    not given, ... show more

Roget 191: capsular; saccular, sacculated; recipient; ventricular, cystic, vascular, vesicular, cellular, camerated, locular, multilocular, polygastric; ... show more

Moby thesaurus: accepter, acquirer, addressee, admissible, admissive, admissory, audience, auditor, beholder, beneficiary, consignee, getter, hearer, heir, heiress, holder, hospitable, imbibitory, ingestive, intromissive ... show more.

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