# reception

Pronunciation: say "ri-SEP-shuhn" /ɹɪˈsɛp.ʃn̩/

## Noun

1. The desk in a hotel or office where arriving guests are greeted and helped.
   - Simple: The front desk at a hotel or office where guests check in and get help.
   - _The visitor signed in at reception before heading to the meeting._
   - _Ask at reception for directions to the conference room._
2. A formal social gathering held to welcome a person or mark an occasion.
   - Simple: A party held to welcome someone or celebrate a special event.
   - _The university hosted a reception for the visiting scholars._
   - _A reception followed the ceremony, with speeches and refreshments._
3. The reaction or treatment someone meets on first arriving somewhere or speaking to others.
   - Simple: The way people react to you or treat you when you first arrive or speak.
   - _The film received a mixed reception from critics._
   - _Travelers were given a friendly reception in the remote village._
4. The act or ability of a device to pick up radio or similar broadcast signals.
   - Simple: How well a device can pick up radio, phone, or TV signals.
   - _Reception was poor during the storm, so the broadcast kept cutting out._
   - _The new antenna improved reception across the whole valley._
5. The act or process of taking in something that is offered, sent, or given.
   - Simple: The act of getting or taking in something that is given or sent.
   - _The reception of the report prompted an immediate review._
   - _Reception of the goods was delayed by customs._
6. In American football, the act of catching a forward pass thrown by a teammate.
   - Simple: In football, the act of catching a pass thrown by a teammate.
   - _The tight end's reception moved the ball into scoring range._
   - _Her reception on third down kept the drive alive._
7. In British schools, the first year of formal education, taken between preschool and Year 1. *(UK)*
   - Simple: In British schools, the first class children join, just before Year 1.
   - _He made friends quickly during his year in reception._
   - _Reception teachers focus on early reading and social skills._
8. The conscious adoption or transplantation of legal institutions or rules from a different culture.
   - Simple: When a country takes laws or legal ideas from another culture and uses them.
   - _Scholars study the reception of Roman law in medieval Europe._
   - _The country's reception of common-law principles reshaped its commercial courts._
9. Reading in the broad sense, the active process of taking in, understanding and interpreting a text in any medium.
   - Simple: How a person takes in and makes sense of a message, step by step, by reading, listening, or watching.
   - _Her research focuses on the reception of multimodal texts by young children._
   - _Reception of a spoken narrative involves more than simply hearing the words._

## Origin

It comes from Middle English recepcion, from Middle French reception, from Latin receptiōn- ("the act of receiving"). This traces back to recipiō ("receive"), formed from re- ("back") plus capiō ("I hold").

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/reception (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).