No. 951 in French

recevoir

To receive.

In a sentence

Je vais recevoir une lettre demain.
I will receive a letter tomorrow.
'Recevoir' in this sentence means to physically receive a letter (to be given or to take delivery of something).
Elle aime se recevoir en tant qu'hôtesse lors de dîners.
She likes hosting as a hostess at dinners.
Here, 'se recevoir' reflexively refers to hosting or receiving guests in a specific context.
Il est difficile de recevoir des critiques constructives.
It is difficult to receive constructive criticism.
In this sentence, 'recevoir' denotes accepting or absorbing something abstract like criticism.

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