reception

noun receptions

1. countable, uncountable The act of receiving.

   Similar: receipt

2. uncountable The act or ability to receive radio or similar signals. We have poor TV reception in the valley.
3. countable, uncountable A social engagement, usually to formally welcome someone. 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. The ambassador's jokes met a cold reception.
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.

   Similar: front desk

6. UK, countable, uncountable The school year, or part thereof, between preschool and Year 1, when children are introduced to formal education.

   Similar: kindergarten

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.
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.
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.