noun 1. a welcome ○ The committee gave the proposal a favourable reception. ○ The critics gave the play a warm reception. ○ The minister had a rowdy reception at the meeting. 2. (at a hotel.) the place where guests go when they arrive or leave, e.g. to obtain the key to their room ○ Let’s meet at reception at 9.00 am tomorrow. 3. (at an office) a place where visitors go when they arrive and say who they have come to see ○ There’s a parcel waiting for you in reception. 4. a big party held to welcome special guests ○ He hosted a reception for the prince. 5. the quality of the sound on a radio or the sound and picture of a TV broadcast ○ Perhaps you’d get better reception if you moved the aerial.
re•cep´tion
(-shun), n. [F. reception, 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, esp. 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.” 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.” Locke.
5. A retaking; a recovery. [Obs.] Bacon.
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, esp. 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.” 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.” Locke.
5. A retaking; a recovery. [Obs.] Bacon.
Meaning of “reception” in English language – noun 1. a welcome ○ The committee gave t...
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