recipient

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adj.

Functioning as a receiver; receptive.

n.

1. One that receives or is receptive.
2. One who receives blood, tissue, or an organ from a donor.

[Latin recipiēns, recipient-, present participle of recipere, to receive. See receive.]

One who receives. The person to whom an e-mail message is sent is the recipient.

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n

Definition: receiver
Antonyms: donor, giver

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n

The person who receives a blood transfusion, tissue graft, or organ; also, a person who has received an honor, award, or grant.

An animal which receives a blood transfusion, or a tissue or organ graft.

Common misspelling(s) of recipient

• recepient
• recipiant

Dansk (Danish)
n. - modtager
adj. - modtagende, modtagelig

Nederlands (Dutch)
ontvanger

Français (French)
n. - destinataire, bénéficiaire, lauréat, récipiendaire, receveur (de sang)
adj. - bénéficiaire

Deutsch (German)
n. - Empfänger, Adressat
adj. - empfangend

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - αποδέκτης, παραλήπτης, δέκτης, λήπτης

Italiano (Italian)
destinatario

Português (Portuguese)
n. - beneficiário (m), recipiente (m)

Русский (Russian)
получатель, реципиент

Español (Spanish)
n. - destinatario, receptor
adj. - destinatario

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - mottagare

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
接受者, 接受器, 容器, 受领者, 间接宾语, 接受的, 容纳的, 受领的, 愿意接受的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 接受者, 接受器, 容器, 受領者, 間接受詞
adj. - 接受的, 容納的, 受領的, 願意接受的

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 수령인, 수납자, 그릇
adj. - 수령하는, 받아들이는

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 受け取る人, 受領者, 受取人, 容器
adj. - 感受性のある

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) متسلم, متلق, مستقبل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮אדם המקבל משהו‬
adj. - ‮מקבל‬

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