reception
About 11.16 uses per million words.
Meaning
- noun The act of receiving.
- noun The act or ability to receive radio or similar signals.
We have poor TV reception in the valley.
- noun A social engagement, usually to formally welcome someone.
After the wedding we proceeded to the reception.
- noun A reaction; the treatment received on first talking to a person, arriving at a place, etc.
The ambassador's jokes met a cold reception.
- noun The desk of a hotel or office where guests are received.
The reception of the hotel is on the second floor; exit the lift and turn right.
- noun The school year, or part thereof, between preschool and Year 1, when children are introduced to formal education.
- noun The conscious adoption or transplantation of legal phenomena from a different culture.
- noun The act of catching a pass.
Similar words
receiving receipt response receive recipient receptor admission acquisition accept admittance
Often followed by
of and in at room by was area for
Word family
receptions
Save “reception” to learn later