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reception |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Reception \Re*cep"tion\, n. [F. r['e]ception, 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: reception n 1: the manner in which something is greeted; "she did not expect the cold reception she received from her superiors" [syn: {response}] 2: a formal party of people; as after a wedding 3: quality or fidelity of a received broadcast 4: the act of receiving [syn: {receipt}, {receiving}] 5: the act of catching a pass in football; "the tight end made a great reception on the 20 yard line"
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