Dictionary Definition
reception
Noun
1 the manner in which something is greeted; "she
did not expect the cold reception she received from her superiors"
[syn: response]
2 a formal party of people; as after a
wedding
3 quality or fidelity of a received
broadcast
4 the act of receiving [syn: receipt]
5 (American football) the act of catching a pass
in football; "the tight end made a great reception on the 20 yard
line"
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
Noun
- The act of receiving.
- The act or ability to receive radio or similar signals.
- We have poor TV reception in the valley.
- The new system provides exceptional quality of the reception signal.
- We have poor TV reception in the valley.
- A social engagement, usually to formally welcome someone.
- After the wedding we proceeded to the reception.
- A reaction.
- The ambassador's jokes met a cold reception.
- The front desk of a hotel or office where guests are received.
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
act of receiving
- Chinese: 接收 (jiēshōu)
- Czech: obdržení
- Dutch: ontvangst
- Finnish: vastaanotto
- Galician: recepción
- Italian: ricevimento
- Japanese: 受付; qualifier acceptance 受理; 収容; qualifier to a member of a group 入会, 加入
- Portuguese: recepção
- Russian: приём
- Serbian: prijem, doček
- Spanish: recepción
electronics: act or ability to receive signals
social engagement
- Arabic:
- Chinese: 招待會, 招待会 (zhāodàihuì); 招待会 (zhāodàihuì)
- Dutch: receptie
- Finnish: vastaanotto
- French: accueil
- Galician: recepción
- German: Empfang
- Greek: υποδοχή
- Hungarian: fogadás
- Italian: ricevimento
- Japanese: 接待, 宴会; qualifier condition of the engagement 待遇
- Korean: 환영회 (hwanyeonghoe)
- Kurdish:
- Portuguese: recepção
- Russian: приём (prijóm) , банкет (bankét)
- Serbian: prijem, doček
- Spanish: recibimiento , recepción
- Swedish: mottagande
reaction
front desk
- Chinese: 接待處, 接待处 (jiēdài chù); 櫃檯, 柜檯 (guìtái)
- Croatian: recepcija
- Czech: recepce
- Dutch: receptie
- Finnish: vastaanotto
- Galician: recepción
- Greek: υποδοχή
- Italian: reception, ricezione
- Japanese: 受付
- Portuguese: recepção
- Russian: приёмная (prijómnaja) , стойка администратора (stójka administrátora)
- Spanish: recepción
Extensive Definition
Reception is a noun form of receiving, or to
receive something, such as information, art, experience, or people.
It is often used in the following contexts:
- in telecommunications, the action of an electronic receiver, such as for radio or remote control (a good signal allows for clear reception)
- a party, such as a wedding reception, where the guests are "received" (welcomed) by the newlyweds
- Receptionist, the initial contact in an office
- Reception (American football), a type of play where the ball is received (caught) by a player on the thrower's team
- Reception (School), in England, Wales and South Australia, the first year of primary school, following pre-school or nursery school
- Reception (astrology)
See also
reception in German: Rezeption
reception in Hebrew: קליטה
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
acceptance, acceptation, acception, access, accueil, acquiescence, acquisition, admissibility, admission, admittance, affair, assemblee, assembly, assignation, assimilation, assumption, assurance, assuredness, at home,
atmospherics,
ball, belief, blaring, blasting, blind spot, brawl, caucus, certainty, claiming, colloquium, commission, committee, completeness, comprehension, comprehensiveness,
comprisal, conclave, concourse, confidence, congregation, congress, conventicle, convention, convocation, council, coverage, crawling, credence, credit, credulity, creeping, dance, date, dependence, derivation, diet, do, drift, eisteddfod, eligibility, embodiment, embrace, embracement, encompassment, entrance, entree, entry, envisagement, exhaustiveness, fade-out,
fading, faith, festivity, fete, forgathering, forum, function, gathering, get-together,
getting, greeting, hearty welcome,
hope, housewarming, hug, import, importation, importing, inclusion, inclusiveness, income, incoming, incorporation, infiltration, ingoing, ingress, ingression, input, insertion, insinuation, intake, interference, interpenetration,
introduction,
introgression,
intrusion, leakage, levee, matinee, meet, meeting, membership, noise, open arms, opening, openness, panel, participation, party, penetration, percolation, plenum, possession, preview, prom, quorum, rally, reaction, receipt, receival, receiving, reliance, reliance on, rendezvous, response, reunion, salon, seance, seepage, session, shindig, sit-in, sitting, smiling reception,
sociable, social, social affair, social
gathering, soiree,
static, stock, store, sureness, surety, suspension of disbelief,
symposium, synod, taking, taking away, taking
possession, the glad hand, theft, tolerance, toleration, treatment, trust, turnout, vernissage, wake, welcome, welcome mat, welcoming, whole