empfangen — meaning in English
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English meaning
Senses
empfangen is used for these senses in English:
- accept (transitive) To receive or admit to; to agree to; to assent to; to submit to.
- conceive (ambitransitive) To have a child; to become pregnant (with).
- conceive (transitive) To understand (someone).
- copy (radio) To receive a transmission successfully.
- receive (transitive, dated) To take, as something that is offered; to accept.
- receive (transitive) To act as a host for guests; to give admittance to; to permit to enter, as into one's house, presence, company, etc.
- receive (telecommunications) To detect a signal from a transmitter.
- receive (sports) To be in a position to take possession, or hit back the ball.
accept — full definition
- verb To agree to receive or take something that is offered.
- verb To acknowledge something as true or as a fact, even if reluctantly.
- verb To approve of and include someone, such as in a group or institution.
conceive — full definition
- verb To become pregnant.
- verb To form an idea or plan in one's mind; to imagine or devise.