reception

Noun
Synonyms: responsereceipt

WordNet 3.0

Noun (5)

  1. the manner in which something is greeted“she did not expect the cold reception she received from her superiors”Synonyms: response
  2. a formal party of people; as after a wedding
  3. quality or fidelity of a received broadcast
  4. the act of receivingSynonyms: receipt
  5. (American football) the act of catching a pass in football“the tight end made a great reception on the 20 yard line”
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Reception \Re*cep"tion\ (r[-e]*s[e^]p"sh[u^]n), n. [F. r['e]ception, 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. [1913 Webster]

2.The state of being received. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

What reception a poem may find.— Goldsmith.[1913 Webster]

4.Acceptance, as of an opinion or doctrine. [1913 Webster]

Philosophers who have quitted the popular doctrines of their countries have fallen into as extravagant opinions as even common reception countenanced.— Locke.[1913 Webster]

5.A retaking; a recovery. [Obs.] --Bacon. [1913 Webster]

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