reception
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ʃən
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| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
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| —n | |
| 1. | the act of receiving or state of being received |
| 2. | the manner in which something, such as a guest or a new idea, is received: a cold reception |
| 3. | a formal party for guests, such as one after a wedding |
| 4. | an area in an office, hotel, etc, where visitors or guests are received and appointments or reservations dealt with |
| 5. | short for reception room |
| 6. | the quality or fidelity of a received radio or television broadcast: the reception was poor |
| 7. | (Brit) |
| a. the first class in an infant school | |
| b. a class in a school designed to receive new immigrants, esp those whose knowledge of English is poor | |
| c. (as modifier): a reception teacher | |
| [C14: from Latin receptiō a receiving, from recipere to | |
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Word Origin & History
reception
late 14c., in astrology, "effect of two planets on each other;" sense of "act of receiving" is recorded from late 15c., from L. receptionem (nom. receptio) "a receiving," from receptus, pp. of recipere (see receive). Sense of "ceremonial gathering" is 1882, from French.
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Example sentences
Reception of echoes is the basis of conventional sonar systems designed by humans.
We finally got him to give up his old phone that had no reception anywhere.
But scientists have generally given him a chillier reception.
The largely positive reception of both my first book and my work in digital humanities pedagogy this year.
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