# receive (communication)

to get something that comes to a place

- Computed level: L6 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: language  ·  Arena: receive

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [come](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-come.arrive), [get](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-get.acquisition), [space](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-space.extent)

**Through:** when something moves through space to a location and is acquired by that location

**Novel properties:**
- arrival at a destination
- acquisition via motion
- spatial endpoint of transfer

## Examples
- The Arecibo Observatory received radar echoes from Venus in 1961, confirming its rotation rate. *(astronomy)*
- The BBC World Service broadcast reached listeners in 112 countries via shortwave in 1985. *(media)*
- The Voyager 1 probe received a course correction command from NASA's Deep Space Network on August 29, 2017. *(spaceflight)*

## Used by
- [average](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-average.statistical) (L9)
- [call](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-call.communication) (L9)
- [client](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-client.business) (L10)
- [college](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-college.education) (L15)
- [communications](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-communications.social) (L9)
- [deal](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-deal.transaction) (L14)
- [download](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-download.digital) (L10)
- [exchange](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-exchange.trade) (L15)
- [give](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-give.transfer) (L7)
- [heard](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-heard.auditory) (L7)
- [income](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-income.financial) (L17)
- [internet](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-internet.digital) (L10)
- [media](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-media.communication) (L10)
- [phone](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-phone.electrical) (L9)
- [provide](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-provide.supply) (L8)
- [reply](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-reply.communication) (L9)
- [students](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-students.group) (L14)
- [subscribe](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-subscribe.service) (L7)
- [welcome](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-welcome.greeting) (L15)

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