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recipient

[ri-sip-ee-uhnt]

noun

  1. a person or thing that receives; receiver.

    the recipient of a prize.



adjective

  1. receiving or capable of receiving.

recipient

/ ɪˈɪɪəԳ /

noun

  1. a person who or thing that receives

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. a less common word for receptive

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • nonrecipient adjective
  • unrecipient adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of recipient1

First recorded in 1550–60; from Latin recipient-, stem of 𳦾辱ŧԲ “receiving,” present participle of recipere “to receive”; receive
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Word History and Origins

Origin of recipient1

C16: via French from Latin 𳦾辱ŧԲ , from recipere to receive
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Example Sentences

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The recipient holds the stretch for a set period of time, then pushes into resistance provided by the practitioner for a shorter period of time, then goes back into a deeper version of the stretch.

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And she is a recipient of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, the 2012 policy that provides protection from deportation to immigrants without lawful status who came to the U.S. as children.

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In other words, they argue that if aid providers working in a conflict are seen as taking a side, those workers and the aid recipients risk becoming targets.

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Meanwhile, Angel of the North sculptor Sir Antony Gormley and physicist Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell have joined the elite Companions of Honour, an exclusive group limited to only 65 recipients at any one time.

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Benefits recipients with the most severe health conditions will not be reassessed and will receive extra income support through a universal credit payment.

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