TOP

Definition of recipient noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

recipient

noun
 
/rɪˈsɪpiənt/
 
/rɪˈsɪpiənt/
(formal)
jump to other results
  1. a person who receives something
    • recipients of awards
    Extra Examples
    • I was the grateful recipient of a helping hand from a total stranger.
    • He was a worthy recipient of the Nobel Prize.
    • He was the recipient of a distinguished service award.
    • Our 1 000th member will be the lucky recipient of a mystery gift.
    • She was not the intended recipient of the reward.
    • We are passive recipients of information from the world around us.
    • matching a donor kidney with the most suitable recipient
    • the ultimate recipient of the money
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • largest
    • main
    • major
    preposition
    • recipient of
    See full entry
    Word Originmid 16th cent.: from Latin recipient- ‘receiving’, from the verb recipere.
See recipient in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee recipient in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic English
previously
adverb
 
 
From the Word list
Oxford 3000
B1
Oxford Learner's Dictionaries Word of the Day