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reception en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ɹɪˈsɛp.ʃn̩/
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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 (“to hold”). Equivalent to receive + -tion.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) The act of receiving.
  2. (uncountable) The act or ability to receive radio or similar signals.
    • We have poor TV reception in the valley.
    • The new system provides exceptional quality of the reception signal.
  3. (countable, uncountable) A social engagement, usually to formally welcome someone.
    • "There was warmth, but there was also trepidation," said the head of one gay group, who attended the reception. 2009 June 29, Chris Good, “Obama's Warm LGBT Reception”, in The Atlantic:
    • After the wedding we proceeded to the reception.
  4. (countable, uncountable) A reaction; the treatment received on first talking to a person, arriving at a place, etc.
    • Former Tottenham star Rohan Ricketts came off the Rovers bench with 19 minutes to go to a warm reception from the home fans, six years after leaving the Lane. 2011 September 29, Jon Smith, “Tottenham 3 - 1 Shamrock Rovers”, in BBC Sport:
    • The crusty portier and the crusty clerks gave us the surly reception which their kind deal out in prosperous times, but by mollifying them with an extra display of obsequiousness and servility we finally got them to show us to the room which our boy had engaged for us. 1880, Mark Twain [pseudonym] (Samuel L[anghorne] Clemens), A Tramp Abroad; […], Hartford, Conn.: American Publishing Company; London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
    • The ambassador's jokes met a cold reception.
    • At the end of a week, she could bear the suspense no longer, and so went humbly to her old home and sought forgiveness. She was not repulsed, but her reception was cold; and this hurt her almost as badly. 1850, T. S. Arthur, “Happy on a Little”, in Sketches of Life and Character, Philadelphia: J. W. Bradley, →OCLC, page 89:
  5. (countable, uncountable) 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.
  6. (UK, countable, uncountable) The school year, or part thereof, between preschool and Year 1, when children are introduced to formal education.
  7. (countable, uncountable) The conscious adoption or transplantation of legal phenomena from a different culture.
    • 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. 1942 October, Ernst Levy, “Reflections on the First "Reception" of Roman Law in Germanic States”, in The American Historical Review, →JSTOR, page 20:
  8. (countable, uncountable) The act of catching a pass.
    • 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. 2020 April 23, Ken Belson, Ben Shpigel, “Full Round 1 2020 N.F.L. Picks and Analysis”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 23 Apr 2020:
  9. (countable, uncountable) 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.

Forms

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Deriveds

nonreception · baroreception · proprioception · magnetoreception · critical reception · photoception · telereception · thermoreception · reception wiki · reception room · electroreception · reception desk · photoreception · phonoreception · receptional · reception chair · reception shed · autoreception · reception center · reception centre · wedding reception · receptionist · receptionless · receptionism · mechanoreception · osmoreception · chemoreception

Relateds

receptive · receptor · receptacle · receptible · receive

Synonyms

front desk (desk where guests are received) · kindergarten · receipt

Translations (198)

sw upokeaji (reaction) · pt recepção (electronics: act or ability to receive signals) · pl recepcja (front desk) · nb mottakelse (social engagement) · ca recepció (front desk) · cmn 招待會 /招待会 (social engagement) · cmn 接待處 /接待处 (front desk) · nn mottak (electronics: act or ability to receive signals) · cmn 櫃檯 /柜台 (front desk) · da modtagelse (reaction) · es cobertura (electronics: act or ability to receive signals) · pl odbiór (act of receiving) · cmn 接受處 /接受处 (front desk) · hy ստացում (act of receiving) · eo akceptejo (front desk) · nl ontvangst (act of receiving) · sh recepcija (front desk) · sl sprejem (act of receiving) · ja レセプション (front desk) · nl ontvangst (electronics: act or ability to receive signals) · ja 収容 (act of receiving) · es recibimiento (social engagement) · mk реце́пција (front desk) · ru реце́пция (front desk) · ru приём (act of receiving) · nb resepsjon (social engagement) · ru приём (electronics: act or ability to receive signals) · sw upokeaji (act of receiving) · ja 受信 (electronics: act or ability to receive signals) · sw mapokezi (front desk) · bg прие́мане (act of receiving) · ja 披露宴 (social engagement) · el υποδοχή (front desk) · ar اِسْتِقْبَال (social engagement) · mk до́чек (social engagement) · fi vastaanotto (adoption of legal phenomena from a different culture) · de Rezeption (front desk) · grc δοχή (social engagement) · ru приём (reaction) · da reception (social engagement) · mk пре́чек (social engagement) · fr réception (social engagement) · la receptiō (act of receiving) · pl zasięg (electronics: act or ability to receive signals) · ja 評判 (reaction) · ru приём (social engagement) · ml സ്വീകരണം (act of receiving) · acw الاستقبال (front desk) · de Empfang (act of receiving) · ka მისაღები (front desk) · ja 感度 (electronics: act or ability to receive signals) · sv mottagning (social engagement) · it ricevimento (social engagement) · ar اِسْتِقْبَال (act of receiving) · nn resepsjon (front desk) · it ricezione (front desk) · mk при́ем (reaction) · el υποδοχή (social engagement) · tl baysanan (social engagement) · uk прийо́м (social engagement) · sv vakt (front desk) · bn এস্তেকবাল (social engagement) · hi अगवानी (act of receiving) · ota ادراك (act of receiving) · cy derbynfa (front desk) · nl balie (front desk) · bg реце́пция (front desk) · pt recepção (reaction) · ckb پێشواز (social engagement) · ka მიღება (act of receiving) · nl ontvangst (reaction) · fr réception (front desk) · ms sambutan (reaction) · pt recepção (front desk) · da modtagelse (act of receiving) · ko 리셉션 (social engagement) · sw upokeaji (social engagement) · fi vastaanotto (social engagement) · gl convite (social engagement) · es recepción (social engagement) · ml റീസെപ്ഷൻ (social engagement) · sh doček (act of receiving) · ko 프런트 (front desk) · nb resepsjon (front desk) · mi taupaepae (front desk) · acw اِسْتقبال (act of receiving) · de Empfang (social engagement) · nb mottak (electronics: act or ability to receive signals) · de Empfang (front desk) · ja 受付 (front desk) · ja 受付 (act of receiving) · uk прийма́льня (front desk) · ko 접수처 (front desk) · ko 응접 (act of receiving) · gl recepción (social engagement) · sh doček (social engagement) · tr resepsiyon (front desk) · gl cobertura (electronics: act or ability to receive signals) · da modtagning (electronics: act or ability to receive signals) · ru реце́пция (adoption of legal phenomena from a different culture) · ja 受理 (act of receiving) · mk ша́лтер (front desk) · ja 理解 (reaction) · ga deasc fáiltithe (front desk) · bg получа́ване (act of receiving) · cy derbyniad (social engagement) · cy derbyniad (electronics: act or ability to receive signals) · fi vastaanotto (act of receiving) · nn resepsjon (social engagement) · es recepción (act of receiving) · pl przyjęcie (social engagement) · fi vastaanotto (electronics: act or ability to receive signals) · sh prijem (electronics: act or ability to receive signals) · sv mottagande (reaction) · cs přijetí (reaction) · ja 反応 (reaction) · ar حَفْلَة اِسْتِقْبَال (social engagement) · fr accueil (social engagement) · ar مَكْتَب الِاسْتِقْبَال (front desk) · hu átvétel (act of receiving) · ru ресе́пшен (front desk) · ru приня́тие (act of receiving) · is móttökuskilyrði (electronics: act or ability to receive signals) · it accoglienza (reaction) · cy derbyniad (act of receiving) · pt recepção (act of receiving) · eo akcepto (act of receiving) · be рэгістрату́ра (front desk) · nb mottakelse (act of receiving) · fa-ira پَذیرِش (front desk) · sk recepcia (front desk) · ru приёмная (front desk) · ja 入会 (act of receiving) · ja 宴会 (social engagement) · de Empfang (electronics: act or ability to receive signals) · cs přijetí (act of receiving) · mk при́ем (electronics: act or ability to receive signals) · hu vétel (electronics: act or ability to receive signals) · cmn 反應 /反应 (reaction) · grc ὑποδοχή (social engagement) · hu fogadtatás (reaction) · vi phòng lễ tân (front desk) · ja 加入 (act of receiving) · be прыём (social engagement) · fr réception (act of receiving) · bg прие́м (social engagement) · hu fogadás (social engagement) · uk реєстрату́ра (front desk) · ko 리셉션 (front desk) · be прыём (act of receiving) · it ricevimento (act of receiving) · ga glacadh (electronics: act or ability to receive signals) · da reception (front desk) · it reception (front desk) · hu fogadás (act of receiving) · pt recepção (social engagement) · hu recepció (front desk) · bg прие́мане (electronics: act or ability to receive signals) · nl receptie (front desk) · ru сто́йка администра́тора (front desk) · sh prijem (social engagement) · gl recepción (act of receiving) · cs recepce (social engagement) · sv reception (social engagement) · cs recepce (front desk) · sv mottagande (act of receiving) · et vastuvõtt (front desk) · cs obdržení (act of receiving) · cmn 前臺 /前台 (front desk) · ja 受け (reaction) · ja フロント (front desk) · fr réception (electronics: act or ability to receive signals) · cs příjem (electronics: act or ability to receive signals) · sv reception (front desk) · fi vastaanotto (front desk) · ru банке́т (social engagement) · vi quầy lễ tân (front desk) · cmn 接收能力 (electronics: act or ability to receive signals) · sk recepcia (social engagement) · ru регистрату́ра (front desk) · sv mottagning (electronics: act or ability to receive signals) · es recepción (front desk) · ko 환영회 (social engagement) · eo akcepto (social engagement) · hy ընդունարան (front desk) · ja 接待 (social engagement) · sh prijem (act of receiving) · gl recepción (front desk) · mk при́ем (act of receiving) · ka მიღება (social engagement) · be прыёмная (front desk) · nl receptie (social engagement) · el ρεσεψιόν (front desk) · hu térerő (electronics: act or ability to receive signals) · cmn 接收 (act of receiving) · uk прийо́м (act of receiving) · it ricezione (electronics: act or ability to receive signals) · fi vastaanotto (reaction)