Received and Unknown

Received

Received adjective - Held by or applicable to a majority of the people.
Usage example: traditionally the received opinion was that, in the event of a divorce, the mother should get custody of the children

Unknown is an antonym for received.

Unknown

Unknown adjective - Happening or existing without one's knowledge.

Received is an antonym for unknown.

Nearby Words: unknowable, unknowing

Both words in one sentence

  • Also an Alternate Universe SGC in "There But For the Grace of God" were the ones who received the message from an unknown culture that was about to be wiped out by the Goa'uld.
  • In the 1940s, humanity received a transmission from an unknown extraterrestrial source.
  • Web Video / Aventures He left his luxurious life for unknown reasons and later received his robotic arm from an engineer-mage named Ungryn.
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