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Narrator: Today's word is "Receiver" — noun, pronounced /rɪˈsiːvə(r)/, with the stress on "cei".
Narrator: A receiver is a person who receives something, or a device that receives signals.
Narrator: In plain English, it is whoever or whatever gets it.
Narrator: It comes from receive, from Latin recipere, to take back, plus -er.
Narrator: A common collocation is "telephone receiver", which describes the part you hold to your ear.
Narrator: It differs from "recipient", because recipient is used for people, while receiver can be a device.
Narrator: In a second sense, a receiver is an official appointed to manage a company that cannot pay its debts.
Narrator: Telecoms, law, finance and sport all rely on the word.
Narrator: So remember: a receiver is at the receiving end.
Speaker A: Why did Grandma shout down the phone?
Speaker B: She held the RECEIVER upside down! It comes from Latin recipere.
Speaker A: The old heavy handset?
Speaker B: The very same.
Speaker A: Example sentences?
Speaker B: "She picked up the receiver", an old film. "The satellite receiver needs a reset", tech support. "Receivers were appointed to the firm", business news.
Speaker A: Common mistakes?
Speaker B: Remember "i before e except after c", so it is "receiver".
Speaker A: Close relatives?
Speaker B: Recipient is its cousin, handset its twin, and administrator an alternative — yet receiver keeps its listening charm!
Speaker B: Let's use "receiver" in AI prompts — useful for network code and business news.
Speaker A: How for networking?
Speaker B: Write code.
Prompt: Write a Python UDP receiver that listens on port 5000 and logs messages.
Speaker A: And business news?
Speaker B: Explain.
Prompt: Explain in plain English what it means when receivers are appointed to a company.
Speaker A: Could it help home tech?
Speaker B: Yes, for setup.
Prompt: Write simple steps to connect a soundbar to an AV receiver by HDMI.
Speaker A: One more?
Speaker B: Messaging apps.
Prompt: Show a message as delivered only after the receiver’s device confirms it.
Receiver — meaning in Arabic & definition More R courses GL Dictionary