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# receiver

«receiver» in Mova's school dictionary: **the part of a phone you hold to your ear and speak into** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a receiver, receivers)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A receiver is the part of a phone you hold to your ear and speak into. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/receiver/#m1)

2) A receiver is a device that picks up radio or TV signals. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/receiver/#m2)

3) (sport) A receiver is a player who catches or receives the ball, such as in American football or tennis. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/receiver/#m3)

4) (law, money) A receiver is a person put in charge of a company that cannot pay its debts. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/receiver/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In science lessons on sound and electricity, a receiver takes in signals; in everyday life it is a phone part; in sport, a receiver catches. Phrases: pick up the receiver, a radio receiver.

### examples

- She picked up the receiver and said hello. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/receiver/#x1)
- The radio receiver picked up a signal. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/receiver/#x2)
- The receiver caught the ball. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/receiver/#x3)
- A satellite dish is a kind of receiver. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/receiver/#x4)
- Put the receiver back after the call. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/receiver/#x5)
- In tennis, the receiver returns the serve. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/receiver/#x6)

### note

Spelling: «ei» after «c» (receive, receiver). Opposite: sender, transmitter.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «receiver» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/receiver/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.