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empfangen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • accept verb To agree to receive or take something that is offered.
  • conceive verb To become pregnant.
  • copy noun A duplicate of something original.
  • receive verb To be given, sent, or handed something.

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

  1. verb To agree to receive or take something that is offered.
  2. verb To acknowledge something as true or as a fact, even if reluctantly.
  3. verb To approve of and include someone, such as in a group or institution.

conceive — full definition

  1. verb To become pregnant.
  2. verb To form an idea or plan in one's mind; to imagine or devise.

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