What does 受け止める (uketomeru | うけとめる) mean in Japanese?

	The Japanese word
	受け止める
	is pronounced
	uketomeru \| うけとめる
	means
	to stop the blow, to react to, to take

	Examples:
	彼女は知らせを冷静に受け止めた。 kanojo wa shirase o reisei ni uketome ta. She took the news calmly.
	・・・はぁ、どう状況を受け止めればいいのかしら。 . . . hā, dō jōkyō o uketomere ba ī no kashira. ... Aaah, just how am I supposed to cope with this I wonder?

	Examples sourced from tatoeba.org