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reception

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English

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Etymology

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From Middle English recepcion, reception, from Middle French reception, from Latin receptiōn- (“the act of receiving; reception”), from recipiō (“receive”), from re- (“back”) + capiō (“I hold”).[1] Equivalent to receive +‎ -tion.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɹɪˈsɛp.ʃn̩/
  • Audio (US):(file)

Noun

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reception (countable and uncountable, plural receptions)

  1. The act of receiving.
  2. (uncountable, electronics) 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.
  3. A social engagement, usually to formally welcome someone.
    After the wedding we proceeded to the reception.
    • 2009 June 29, Chris Good, “Obama's Warm LGBT Reception”, in The Atlantic‎[1]:
      "There was warmth, but there was also trepidation," said the head of one gay group, who attended the reception.
  4. A reaction; the treatment received on first talking to a person, arriving at a place, etc.
    The ambassador's jokes met a cold reception.
    • 1850, T. S. Arthur, “Happy on a Little”, in Sketches of Life and Character‎[2], Philadelphia: J. W. Bradley, →OCLC, page 89:
      At the end of a week, she could bear the suspense no longer, and so went humbly to her old home and sought forgiveness. She was not repulsed, but her reception was cold; and this hurt her almost as badly.
    • 1880, Mark Twain [pseudonym] (Samuel L[anghorne] Clemens), A Tramp Abroad; […], Hartford, Conn.: American Publishing Company; London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
      The crusty portier and the crusty clerks gave us the surly reception which their kind deal out in prosperous times, but by mollifying them with an extra display of obsequiousness and servility we finally got them to show us to the room which our boy had engaged for us.
    • 2011 September 29, Jon Smith, “Tottenham 3 - 1 Shamrock Rovers”, in BBC Sport‎[3]:
      Former Tottenham star Rohan Ricketts came off the Rovers bench with 19 minutes to go to a warm reception from the home fans, six years after leaving the Lane.
  5. The desk of a hotel or office where guests are received.
    The reception of the hotel is on the second floor; exit the lift and turn right.
  6. (UK, education) The school year, or part thereof, between preschool and Year 1, when children are introduced to formal education.
    Synonym: (US) kindergarten
  7. (law) The conscious adoption or transplantation of legal phenomena from a different culture.
    • 1942 October, Ernst Levy, “Reflections on the First "Reception" of Roman Law in Germanic States”, in The American Historical Review, →JSTOR, page 20:
      Among the numerous receptions of Roman law one event stood out, to the extent that, at least in central Europe, it almost monopolized the term.
  8. (American football) The act of catching a pass.
    • 2020 April 23, Ken Belson, Ben Shpigel, “Full Round 1 2020 N.F.L. Picks and Analysis”, in The New York Times‎[4], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 23 April 2020:
      Henderson can play multiple techniques, man and off, and over the last two seasons, he yielded just 20 receptions, on 44 targets, in single coverage on the boundary, according to Pro Football Focus, making him a prime candidate to start there as a rookie.
  9. (linguistics) Reading viewed as the active process of receiving a text in any medium (written, spoken, signed, multimodal, nonverbal), consisting of several steps, such as ideation, comprehension, reconstruction, interpretation.

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Translations

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References

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  1. ^ “reception, n.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Anagrams

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Italian

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English reception. Doublet of ricezione.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /reˈsɛp.ʃon/, (proscribed) /reˈt͡ʃɛp.ʃon/
  • Rhymes: -ɛpʃon

Noun

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reception f (invariable)

  1. reception, front desk
    Vai a chiedere un altro paio di chiavi alla reception.
    Go ask for another pair of keys at the reception.

Swedish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French réception, English reception, from Latin receptio.

Noun

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reception c

  1. a reception, a front desk
  2. a reception, a social welcoming event

Declension

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Declension of reception
nominative genitive
singular indefinite reception receptions
definite receptionen receptionens
plural indefinite receptioner receptioners
definite receptionerna receptionernas

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