# recipient

Pronunciation: US say "ruh-SIP-ee-uhnt" /ɹəˈsɪp.i.ənt/; UK say "ri-SIP-ee-uhnt" /ɹɪˈsɪp.i.ənt/

## Noun

1. The person who receives something that is given, sent, or awarded to them.
   - Simple: A person who gets something that is given or sent to them.
   - _Each recipient of the scholarship must keep their grades high._
   - _The recipients of the email replied within minutes._
2. A person who receives organs or tissues donated by another individual.
   - Simple: A person who gets an organ or body tissue given by another person.
   - _The recipient's body accepted the new heart without major complications._
   - _Each recipient is matched with a donor by blood and tissue type._
4. A container forming part of a still and used to catch the liquid produced by distillation.
   - Simple: The part of a still that collects the liquid made during distilling.
   - _The chemist sealed the joint between the still head and the recipient before heating._
   - _As the alcohol vapor cooled, droplets gathered in the recipient._

## Adjective

3. Functioning to receive; taking in something that is transferred, sent, or given by another.
   - Simple: Taking in or getting something that another person gives or sends.
   - _The recipient nation pledged to track exactly how the funds were spent._
   - _Researchers measured how quickly the recipient tissue integrated the graft._

## Origin

Borrowed from Middle French 'récipient', from Latin 'recipiēns', the present participle of 'recipiō' meaning 'to receive'.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/recipient (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).