Associations to the word «Recipient»

Wiktionary

RECIPIENT, noun. One who receives, such as one who receives money or goods.
RECIPIENT, noun. (medicine) An individual receiving donor organs or tissues.
RECIPIENT, noun. (chemistry) The portion of an alembic or other still in which the distilled liquid is collected.

Dictionary definition

RECIPIENT, noun. A person who receives something.
RECIPIENT, noun. The semantic role of the animate entity that is passively involved in the happening denoted by the verb in the clause.

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley