recipient

[ri-sip-ee-uhnt]

noun

1. a person or thing that receives; receiver.

   the recipient of a prize.

adjective

1. receiving or capable of receiving.

recipient

/ rɪˈsɪpɪənt /

noun

1. a person who or thing that receives

adjective

1. a less common word for receptive

Other Word Forms

• nonrecipient adjective
• unrecipient adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of recipient¹

First recorded in 1550–60; from Latin recipient-, stem of recipiēns “receiving,” present participle of recipere “to receive”; receive

Word History and Origins

Origin of recipient¹

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

Example Sentences

As of April 29, the state department has issued 4.4. million EBT cards either by mail or through the recipients’ local county office.

From Los Angeles Times

This privacy right extends to foundations: They can decide whether to disclose the names of their grant recipients.

From Salon

They didn’t need education or financial literacy; they were homeowners, recipients of generational wealth and established there.

From Los Angeles Times

For now, recipients are restricted to those who work on streaming projects that first aired on or after Jan. 1, 2024.

From Los Angeles Times

Late in the telecast, its chair, Cris Abrego, led a tribute to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, recipient of the Governors Award in the same year that Congress stripped its funding.

From Salon

Related Words

• beneficiary