recipient
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re·cip·i·ent
(rĭ-sĭp′ē-ənt)n.
1. One that receives or is given something: recipients of the award.
2. One who receives blood, tissue, or an organ from a donor.
adj.
Functioning as a receiver; receptive.
[Latin recipiēns, recipient-, present participle of recipere, to receive; see receive.]
recipient
(rɪˈsɪpɪənt)n
a person who or thing that receives
adj
a less common word for receptive
[C16: via French from Latin recipiēns, from recipere to receive]
re•cip•i•ent
(rɪˈsɪp i ənt)n.
1. one that receives; receiver.
adj. 2. receiving or able to receive.
re•cip′i•ence, re•cip′i•en•cy, n.
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Noun | 1. | ![]() acquirer - a person who acquires something (usually permanently) addressee - one to whom something is addressed annuitant - the recipient of an annuity assignee - (law) the party to whom something is assigned (e.g., someone to whom a right or property is legally transferred) beneficiary, donee - the recipient of funds or other benefits borrower - someone who receives something on the promise to return it or its equivalent conferee - a person on whom something is bestowed; "six honorary were conferred; the conferees were..." consignee - the person to whom merchandise is delivered over dependant, dependent - a person who relies on another person for support (especially financial support) grantee - a recipient of a grant heir, heritor, inheritor - a person who is entitled by law or by the terms of a will to inherit the estate of another honoree - a recipient of honors in recognition of noteworthy accomplishments host - (medicine) recipient of transplanted tissue or organ from a donor payee - a person to whom money is paid protege - a person who receives support and protection from an influential patron who furthers the protege's career sendee - the intended recipient of a message transferee - (law) someone to whom a title or property is conveyed warrantee - a recipient of a warrant issued by a court in the United States |
2. | recipient - the semantic role of the animate entity that is passively involved in the happening denoted by the verb in the clause participant role, semantic role - (linguistics) the underlying relation that a constituent has with the main verb in a clause |
recipient
noun receiver, beneficiary, donee, legatee the largest recipient of foreign aid
Translations
مُتَسَلِّم، مُتَلَقٍّمُسْتَلِم
příjemce
modtager
vastaanottaja
primatelj
átvevõ
viîtakandi
受取人
수령인
gavėjas
saņēmējs
príjemca
mottagare
ผู้ได้รับ
người nhận
recipient
[rɪˈsɪpɪənt] N [of letter, gift] → destinatario/a m/frecipient
[rɪˈsɪpiənt] n [grant, services, cheque] → bénéficiaire mf
[letter] → destinataire mf
[award] → récipiendaire mf
recipient
n → Empfänger(in) m(f); Susan, as the recipient of his attentions → Susan, der seine Aufmerksamkeiten galten
recipient
[rɪˈsɪpɪənt] n (of letter) → destinatario/a; (of cheque) → beneficiario/a; (of award) → assegnatario/arecipient
(rəˈsipiənt) noun a person who receives something. the recipient of a letter.
recipient
→ مُسْتَلِم příjemce modtager Empfänger παραλήπτης recipiente vastaanottaja bénéficiaire primatelj destinatario 受取人 수령인 ontvanger mottaker odbiorca beneficiário, recebedor адресат mottagare ผู้ได้รับ alıcı người nhận 接受者re·cip·i·ent
1. n. receptor, vasija, recipiente;
2. paciente que recibe una transfusión, un implante de tejido u órgano de un donante; [as in an organ receiver];
3. receptor, [mail] destinatario.