received

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Most common English words: dear « high « above « #298: received » read » together » already

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received

  1. Simple past tense and past participle of receive.

[edit] Adjective

received (not comparable)

Positive
received

Comparative
not comparable

Superlative
none (absolute)

the received (knowledge, wisdom, opinion, story, information)

  1. Generally accepted as correct or true
  2. (by implication) Unchallenged axioms
    The recent revelation that East Anglia University's Climate Research Unit actively suppressed research findings contrary to the "received wisdom" of Global Warming, has severely damaged the credibility of the UN's IPCC predictions, which relied heavily on this institution's research findings.[1]

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  1. ^ http://www.glgroup.com/News/Climategate-will-hurt-biofuels-45167.html "Climategate will hurt biofuels" December 3, 2009