recipient

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /rəˈsɪp.i.ənt/ or /rɪ.ˈsɪ.pi.ənt/

Noun

Singular recipient

Plural recipients

Scouts who were recipients of the President's Scout Award

1. A recipient is someone who receives, such as one who receives money, goods or awards.

   He was a recipient of the special award for bravery.

2. (medicine) A recipient is person receiving donor organs or tissues.

   She was the recipient of a new heart after a long operation.

3. (chemistry) The part of an alembic or other still in which the distilled liquid is collected.

   The green colored liquid slowly dripped into the recipient.