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recipient

[ ri-sip-ee-uhnt ]
/ rɪˈsÉŖp i ənt /
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noun
a person or thing that receives; receiver: the recipient of a prize.
adjective
receiving or capable of receiving.
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Origin of recipient

1550–60; <Latin recipient- (stem of recipiēns), present participle of recipere to receive; see -ent

OTHER WORDS FROM recipient

nonĀ·reĀ·cipĀ·iĀ·ent, adjective, noununĀ·reĀ·cipĀ·iĀ·ent, adjective
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British Dictionary definitions for recipient

recipient
/ (rɪˈsÉŖpÉŖÉ™nt) /

noun
a person who or thing that receives
adjective
a less common word for receptive

Word Origin for recipient

C16: via French from Latin recipiēns, from recipere to receive
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