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 →

2) A receiver is a device that picks up radio or TV signals. tree →

3) (sport) A receiver is a player who catches or receives the ball, such as in American football or tennis. tree →

4) (law, money) A receiver is a person put in charge of a company that cannot pay its debts. tree →

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 →
• The radio receiver picked up a signal. tree →
• The receiver caught the ball. tree →
• A satellite dish is a kind of receiver. tree →
• Put the receiver back after the call. tree →
• In tennis, the receiver returns the serve. tree →

note

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

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «receiver» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.