reception | |
1. n. The act of receiving. | |
2. n. (electronics) 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. n. A social engagement, usually to formally welcome someone. | |
After the wedding we proceeded to the reception. | |
4. n. A reaction; the treatment received on first talking to a person, arriving at a place, etc. | |
The ambassador's jokes met a cold reception. | |
5. n. The desk of a hotel or office where guests are received. | |
6. n. (education) The school year, or part thereof, between preschool and Year 1, when children are introduced to formal education. | |
7. n. (law) The conscious adoption or transplantation of legal phenomena from a different culture. | |