reception

/ษนษชหˆsษ›p.สƒnฬฉ/

IPA: /R IH0 S EH1 P SH AH0 N/

noun
  1. 1

    The act of receiving.

  2. 2

    The act or ability to receive radio or similar signals.

    โ€œThe new system provides exceptional quality of the reception signal.โ€

  3. 3

    A social engagement, usually to formally welcome someone.

    โ€œAfter the wedding we proceeded to the reception.โ€

  4. 4

    A reaction; the treatment received on first talking to a person, arriving at a place, etc.

    โ€œThe ambassador's jokes met a cold reception.โ€

  5. 5

    The desk of a hotel or office where guests are received.

  6. 6

    The school year, or part thereof, between preschool and Year 1, when children are introduced to formal education.

  7. 7

    The conscious adoption or transplantation of legal phenomena from a different culture.

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Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/reception