reception

IPA: rɪsˈɛpʃʌn

The act of receiving.
(uncountable, electronics) The act or ability to receive radio or similar signals.
A social engagement, usually to formally welcome someone.
A reaction; the treatment received on first talking to a person, arriving at a place, etc.
The desk of a hotel or office where guests are received.
(UK, education) The school year, or part thereof, between preschool and Year 1, when children are introduced to formal education.
(law) The conscious adoption or transplantation of legal phenomena from a different culture.
(American football) The act of catching a pass.
(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.

Examples of "reception" in Sentences

He came to a rapturous reception.
Reception to the series was lukewarm.
The reception of the car was horrible.
The reception was everywhere triumphant.
At the reception, Stifler danced with Cadence.
His reception is so cool that he has to wait another day before disembarking.
This is how you do justice to the word reception, which means the act of receiving.
I have heard reports from other areas that when it's cloudy, the reception is iffy.
No one gives "dinner-parties" in the old sense any more; the very word "reception" is dying out.
In general, if the reception is before 5 p.m., attire will be informal (business suits, cocktail attire).
The place for the reception is a rather nice restaurant overlooking the Domain (big grasslands) and opposite the Art Gallery (1870s columned overblown creation).
We're not exactly doing a "hunting" theme, BUT we're going elk hunting a few weeks before the wedding, the reception is at the local Elks Lodge, we'll have an elk on the invites, and the best part?