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      reception
      noun
      The act of receiving.
      A social engagement, usually to formally welcome someone.
      The desk of a hotel or office where guests are received.
      (uncountable, electronics) The act or ability to receive radio or similar signals.
      A reaction; the treatment received on first talking to a person, arriving at a place, etc.
      (UK, education) The school year, or part thereof, between preschool and Year 1, when children are introduced to formal education.
      (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.
      (law) The conscious adoption or transplantation of legal phenomena from a different culture.
      Roots
      rere- · Latin · backcapio-cept · Latin · take, seize
      Synonyms for reception
      receiptnreceivingvwelcomingadjresponsenvernissageadmittancenhousewarmingn
      Words related to reception
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