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Reception

//ɹɪˈsɛp.ʃn̩// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The act of receiving. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    the act of receiving wordnet
  3. 3
    The act or ability to receive radio or similar signals. uncountable

    "We have poor TV reception in the valley."

  4. 4
    (American football) the act of catching a pass in football wordnet
  5. 5
    A social engagement, usually to formally welcome someone. countable, uncountable

    "After the wedding we proceeded to the reception."

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  1. 6
    quality or fidelity of a received broadcast wordnet
  2. 7
    A reaction; the treatment received on first talking to a person, arriving at a place, etc. countable, uncountable

    "The ambassador's jokes met a cold reception."

  3. 8
    the manner in which something is greeted wordnet
  4. 9
    The desk of a hotel or office where guests are received. countable, uncountable

    "The reception of the hotel is on the second floor; exit the lift and turn right."

  5. 10
    a formal party of people; as after a wedding wordnet
  6. 11
    The school year, or part thereof, between preschool and Year 1, when children are introduced to formal education. UK, countable, uncountable
  7. 12
    The conscious adoption or transplantation of legal phenomena from a different culture. countable, uncountable

    "Among the numerous receptions of Roman law one event stood out, to the extent that, at least in central Europe, it almost monopolized the term."

  8. 13
    The act of catching a pass. countable, uncountable

    "Henderson can play multiple techniques, man and off, and over the last two seasons, he yielded just 20 receptions, on 44 targets, in single coverage on the boundary, according to Pro Football Focus, making him a prime candidate to start there as a rookie."

  9. 14
    Reading viewed as the active process of receiving a text in any medium (written, spoken, signed, multimodal, nonverbal), consisting of several steps, such as ideation, comprehension, reconstruction, interpretation. countable, uncountable

Etymology

From Middle English recepcion, reception, from Middle French reception, from Latin receptiōn- (“the act of receiving; reception”), from recipiō (“receive”), from re- (“back”) + capiō (“I hold”). Equivalent to receive + -tion.

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