verb
-ceives; -ceived; -ceiving
[+ obj] :to get or be given (something)
[+ obj] :to react to (something) in a specified way
[+ obj] formal :to welcome (someone) in usually a formal way
[+ obj] :to accept (someone) as a member of an organization, church, etc. - + into
[+ obj] to suffer (an injury)
to be given (a punishment)
[+ obj] :to experience or take (a medical treatment)
[+ obj] to get (signals that are sent to a television, radio, etc.)
to be able to hear (someone who is talking to you on a radio)
American football :to be the player or team to which the ball is kicked when play begins [no obj]
[+ obj] law :to buy or take (goods that have been stolen) illegally
on/at the receiving end
If you are on/at the receiving end of something bad or unpleasant, you are the person it is directed at.