receiver

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun set that receives radio or tv signals
  2. noun (law) a person (usually appointed by a court of law) who liquidates assets or preserves them for the benefit of affected parties
  3. noun earphone that converts electrical signals into sounds

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English receyvour, from Anglo-Norman receverre, receivour et al., later also reformed as receive + -er. Compare recevor, rescaivour.

In classic literature

Synonyms

receiving system

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