reception
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Noun (5)receptions
- the manner in which something is greeted“she did not expect the cold reception she received from her superiors”Synonyms: responseType of greeting, salutation
- a formal party of people; as after a weddingType of partyKinds at home, wedding reception, leveeParts reception line
- quality or fidelity of a received broadcastType of broadcastingKinds demodulation, signal detection
- the act of receivingSynonyms: receiptType of acquiring, getting
- (American football) the act of catching a pass in football“the tight end made a great reception on the 20 yard line”Type of catch, grab
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Translations
Noun front desk
- Spanish
- recepción
- French
- réception
- German
- Rezeption
- Italian
- reception
- Portuguese
- recepção
- Turkish
- resepsiyon
- Russian
- реце́пция recépcija
- Arabic
- اِستقبال istiqbāl
- Chinese
- 前台 qiántái
- Japanese
- フロント furonto
34 more languages
- Dutch
- receptie
- Polish
- recepcja
- Swedish
- reception
- Greek
- ρεσεψιόν resepsión
- Korean
- 접수처 jeopsucheo
- Indonesian
- meja resepsionis
- Vietnamese
- quầy lễ tân
- Hungarian
- recepció
- Portuguese (PT)
- receção
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 櫃檯 guìtái
- Albanian
- recepsion
- Breton
- degemerva
- Catalan
- recepció
- Corsican
- ricezione
- Czech
- recepce
- Danish
- reception
- Esperanto
- akceptejo
- Estonian
- vastuvõtt
- Finnish
- vastaanotto
- Georgian
- მისაღები misaɣebi
- Hebrew
- קבלה kabalá
- Icelandic
- móttaka
- Kurdish
- pêşwazîgeh
- Latvian
- reģistratūra
- Lithuanian
- registratūra
- Norwegian
- resepsjon
- Romanian
- recepție
- Serbo-Croatian
- recepcija
- Slovak
- recepcia
- Slovenian
- recepcija
- Swahili
- mapokezi
- Walloon
- recepcion
- Welsh
- derbynfa
- Yiddish
- רעצעפּציע retseptsye
Noun social engagement
- Spanish
- recepción
- French
- réception
- German
- Empfang
- Italian
- ricevimento
- Portuguese
- recepção
- Russian
- приём prijóm
- Arabic
- اِسْتِقْبَال istiqbāl
- Chinese
- 招待会 zhāodàihuì
- Japanese
- レセプション resepushon
- Dutch
- receptie
16 more languages
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Origin: F. réception, L. receptio, fr. recipere, receptum. See Receive.
1. The act of receiving; receipt; admission; as, the reception of food into the stomach; the reception of a letter; the reception of sensation or ideas; reception of evidence.
2. The state of being received.
3. The act or manner of receiving, especially of receiving visitors; entertainment; hence, an occasion or ceremony of receiving guests; as, a hearty reception; an elaborate reception.
What reception a poem may find.— Oliver Goldsmith
4. Acceptance, as of an opinion or doctrine.
Philosophers who have quitted the popular doctrines of their countries have fallen into as extravagant opinions as even common reception countenanced.— John Locke
5. A retaking; a recovery. obsolete Francis, Baron Verulam Bacon
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54