reception
noun
[ rɪˈsɛpʃ(ə)n ]
• the action or process of receiving something sent, given, or inflicted.
• "sensation is not the passive reception of stimuli"
• a formal social occasion held to welcome someone or to celebrate an event.
• "a wedding reception"
Similar:
(formal) party,
function,
social occasion,
social event,
entertainment,
soirée,
gathering,
get-together,
celebration,
levee,
do,
bash,
rave-up,
thrash,
knees-up,
jolly,
beanfeast,
bunfight,
beano,
• the process of receiving broadcast signals.
• "a microchip that will allow parents to block reception of violent programmes"
• the area in a hotel or organization where guests and visitors are greeted and dealt with.
• "wait for me downstairs in reception"
• the first class in an infant or primary school.
• "my son is in reception"
• an act of catching a pass.
• "his 49 receptions included six touchdowns"
Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin receptio(n- ), from the verb recipere (see receive).
