recipient
Pluralrecipients
Pluralrecipients
- 1A person who gets something that is given or sent to them.
Like the person whose name is written on a package that arrives at the door.
The award recipient gave a short speech to thank everyone.
She was the recipient of a kind letter from her old teacher.
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- 2A person who gets an organ or body tissue given by another person.
Like a person who is given a part they badly need so their body can work again.
The transplant recipient takes medicine every day to protect the new kidney.
Doctors checked that the recipient was healthy enough for surgery.
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- 3Taking in or getting something that another person gives or sends.
Like a cup held out, ready to be filled.
The recipient country agreed to share the aid fairly.
Scientists studied how the recipient cell absorbed the new genetic material.
- 4The part of a still that collects the liquid made during distilling.
Like a cup placed under a tap to catch the drips.
After an hour, clear liquid dripped into the recipient at the bottom of the still.
She emptied the recipient once it filled with the gathered liquid.
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Origin
From Latin 'recipio', meaning 'to receive', which came into English through Middle French 'récipient'.