reception

Plural

receptions

1. 1.The act of receiving.

2. 2.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. 3.A social engagement, usually to formally welcome someone.

   • After the wedding we proceeded to the reception.
   • "There was warmth, but there was also trepidation," said the head of one gay group, who attended the reception.

4. 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.
   • 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.
   • 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.

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